Bathroom scene- A different outcome

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 165170

Eggplant wrote:

> I like to think Harry is tougher than that. If Achilles had wept EVERY
> time he killed someone in battle who was trying to kill him we
> wouldn't be remembering the Iliad 2500 years later. I certainly hope
> Harry kills someone before the series is over. Besides, Draco is a
> slime ball, in war good people often kill people much better than 
Draco. 


va32h has to respond:

I'm sorry, but I passionately disagree. I am speaking as the wife of a 
man who *has* killed in war, and let me assure you, feeling remorse for 
your actions has NOTHING to do with not being tough enough. My husband 
is preparing for his third deployment since 9/11. He has gone on 
repeated recovery missions, narrowly avoided car bombs, dodged 
improvised explosive devices, and spent two weeks living in a garbage 
dumpster fending off enemy fire, and he is plenty tough enough. But he 
is not proud and thrilled to have killed people. He is filled with 
guilt and remorse that will probably haunt him for the rest of his 
life. 

If you spent a few hours at the VA with the thousands of soldiers that 
are experiencing PTSD - I would hope you would not be so cavalier about 
what it means to take another's life. 

Killing goes against our every human instinct. Even if you are killing 
in self defense, it is a devastating and shocking experience that no 
one should wish on anyone else. 

va32h, who has seen too much of the after affects of killing to wish it 
on even a fictional character.