Imperius Curse and Harry (was Re: re:Imperalisk/

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 182450

Potioncat:
> I was absolutely shocked. I must have read right over this without 
> taking it in the first time and I don't even recall any discussion 
> about Harry and the Imperius Curse. But here it is. He uses it 
several 
> times in this chapter. There's even a discription of how it feels 
to 
> use that power.

Ceridwen:
I don't mind the use of Imperius in such situations, and I wouldn't 
mind if Aurors used it to stop a fleeing felon or to secure one 
already caught.  I would mind if they used it to force someone into 
implicating themselves, such as a Muggle sting operation might do.

I can also see uses for the AK outside of battle: if the WW ever had 
executions, it seems like a humane way to go about it; and, as in the 
case of Snape and Dumbledore, it can be used for euthanasia.

But I draw the line at Cruciatus.  Its sole intent is to torture.  I 
think it must have come from a more violent past when it was all 
right to torture information out of people just to assuage the anger 
of the caster, given that Imperius exists.  Unless Cruciatus came 
before Imperius, with Imperius being an alternative (and kinder!) way 
to get information.

I think the Imperius was glossed over in several of the Cruciatus 
posts right after DH since, if I recall correctly, most people seemed 
to agree that it made sense in the context in which it was used.

Ceridwen.