DH reread CH 12 -- Cracking a Few Eggs.

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 186449

Steve:
> 
> So, my point is, if the wizard world is OK with it, then why 
> are we still outraged?

Pippin:
Because Sirius was outraged in GoF. He was dealing with a context of war, in which many people approved of what Crouch was doing. And because Dumbledore eventually discovered that if he allowed this power to be used, he a) couldn't keep it out of the hands of people like Grindelwald, and b) couldn't control how he himself used it in a moment of rage or fear.

It's easy to cheer when Amycus and Alecto are punished and brought under control. JKR wants us to know just how easy it is. But that doesn't mean that we're supposed to think Harry and McGonagall acted wisely or for the best. Sirius clearly wouldn't have thought so.

Pippin