Dark Magic WAS: Re:help with JKR quote/ Children's reactions

[zeldaricdeau]

No: HPFGUIDX 176691

> Mike:

> All I can suggest is a common sense approach. When someone uses a 
> spell for school boy pranks, something that won't have lasting 
> *physical* effects, we shouldn't read that as Dark, imo. I say 
> physical because trying to judge emotional is way too subjective 
and 
> takes into account way too many variables that cannot be assigned 
> simply to the spell.

zeldaricdeau:

You may not count this information as valuable for discussion since 
it comes from her interviews, but what does this definition then say 
about what was done to Marietta who retains permanent scarring from 
the effects of the pimple-producing spell? 

taken from Mugglenet:
"Louie: Did mariettas pimply formation ever fade
J.K. Rowling: Eventually, but it left a few scars. I loathe a 
traitor!"

Should we assume it's ok because she deserved it? Or perhaps because 
it only left a "few" scars? Where do we draw the line?

-ZR