Unforgivables.

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 173570

Maeg <chaomath at ...> wrote:

> I think there's some evidence in 
> the series that UCs are just that
> for reasons of morality AND legality. 

I would maintain that the question of the legality of the curse is
moot. At the time Harry performed the curse the only law making and
law enforcing body in the entire wizard world was operated by a fellow
by the name of Voldemort.  

> I was surprised at Harry's reaction
> to his own use of Cruciatus. 

And I was not at all surprised at Harry's reaction; in fact I'd say
JKR had to include a scene like that for the character to ring true.
Harry is still a very good person but let's face facts, he's not an
eleven year old boy getting on the Hogwarts express for the first
time. How many people have tried to kill Harry in the last seven
years, how many horrors has he seen? If somebody ties you to a
tombstone and tortures you so hideously you want to die, well, you're
just not going to be the same person afterward; I'm not saying you're
going to become a monster or anything, but you're not going to be the
same. I am convinced that the battle scared veterans of Iwo Jima are
very good people, but after the hell they went through to expect them
to be squeamish when they hear a howl of pain from the enemy after
they pull the trigger is just not realistic. 

Eggplant