[HPforGrownups] The unforgivable curse argument

[Lana]

No: HPFGUIDX 172989




> Colwilrin
> Many are upset that Harry used the Crucio curse.  I am not, for one 
> specific
> reason.  In the US (where I am from...and have spent the last 48 hours
> taking the lawyer's bar admittance examination), the use of deadly force 
> is
> allowed, and justified when one is in a position of fear of imminent death
> to oneself or another.
>
> When Harry used the Crucio curse, he was in a battle situation.
> Voldemort and the DE's were intent on killing both Harry and those who
> supported Harry.  In any US court, Harry's actions would be justified 
> under
> Self-Defense.
>
> I was actually a bit happy when Harry finally got serious and fought fire
> with fire.  I never wanted him to AK anyone...but he used the force
> necessary to protect himself...and I was thrilled by it.  Just as I was
> thrilled when Molly asserted herself enough to dispatch Bellatrix.  Way to
> go girl!
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> Sherry:
>
> As it was war, I could have accepted even Harry using the killing curse.
> It's the Imperius and Cruciatus that bothered me.  Cruciatus is a torture
> curse, inflicting terrible agony in every fiber of someone's body.  That
> isn't self defense or fighting fire with fire.  We have soldiers facing
> court martials for torturing prisoners.  Torture is wrong, in my opinion,
> and I hated seeing the hero, the good guy using it.  I didn't mind molly
> offing Bella, because it was war, and soldiers do kill in war.  That's 
> their
> job.  I didn't want Harry to have to kill, but that would have been far
> easier to accept than cruciatus for me.

Lana:

  I was thrilled that Harry used the curse.  Not because he tortured 
someone, but because of everything he went thru, he chose not to kill.  I do 
not think that you can really compare troops to this.  Not even remotely the 
same thing.  These people have been chasing him and trying to kill him since 
before he was even a year old.  I think a little torture is justified.

Lana