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

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 166024

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Janette <jnferr at ...> wrote:
>
> > 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.


zanooda:

What you say about a civil war in general may be right, but I don't 
understand why you consider taking wands (weapons, in other words) 
from temporarily disabled opponents being equal to "exterminating 
them" or "kicking them while they are down". 

IMO, Steve just suggests that disarming an opponent prevents him from 
taking further part in this particular battle, nothing more. I hope I 
understand Steve correctly (sorry if I'm not, Steve, and thank you 
for your ideas on transfiguration, BTW:)), and in this case I don't 
see anything cruel in his suggestion at all. 

As for "bringing people round to right-thinking", I'm not sure it 
would work for DE's, but even if it would, it can't be done during 
battle, when they are shooting curses at you, right? During battle we 
only think about winning it and staying alive, all the rest comes 
after.

Take care, Janette :-)!

zanooda, who doesn't see anything "dark" in Steve's suggestions