[HPforGrownups] Battle Tactics... (was: Re: How can you kill a wizard? )

[Janette]

No: HPFGUIDX 166010

Steve / bboyminn:

> For example, in the movies the good guy knocks out the bad
> guy, but never takes the bad guys weapon away. I guess we
> are just suppose to assume that when a good guy knocks you
> out, you politely stay knock out of the duration of the
> battle. So, to the point, why in the Ministry of Magic -
> Dept of Mysteries battle did Harry and friends not take
> the DE's wands away from them once those DE's had been
> cursed and disabled? Enquiring minds want to know.

montims:
re not just this past battle, but also the monumental one to come: to me,
the point is, they are not "Enemy" as such - they have acquired bad ideas,
and have done bad things, but they are family, and this is a civil war.  The
point of "civilised" warfare, surely, is to bring people round to
right-thinking, where possible, not to exterminate them or kick them while
they're down.  America had its own civil war.  When the war was over, people
had to live with each other, and with the memory of what they had done.

Maybe it's a British attitude thing, as well Steve - I always enjoy reading
your comments, but this one had me puzzled, as did your other thread about
the child actors - I don't see them going off the rails so much, and am
happy for them to just do what they want to do, whether it be fishing, or
cameo parts in tv programmes, or just squandering their wealth...  The UK
press will have no problem bringing any stupid behaviour to public notice,
unfortunately, a la Charlotte Church, or pick any footballer or WAG...


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