Lack of re-examination SPOILERS for Corambis and Tigana

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Steve replies:
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Harry cast the spell to punish Amicus for what Amicus was doing to Minerva.  Where in canon does it say Harry cast the spell as sadistic torture or that he enjoyed casting the spell in a manner that would indicate he was a sadistic person?  I don't see Harry Potter as sadistic.  

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth@> wrote:
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> > Alla:
> > > Here is how I see it. At first Harry sees a teacher punishing a boy who **deserved to be punished** IMO for something wrong that he did. Said teacher used a punishment, which was a bit over the top. He did not use an unforgivable on him, he did not make him bleed, he did not cause him any permanent injury. He caused him a humiliation and probably some pain.<
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> > Pippin:
> > Hmmm...well, if Harry does not have any problem with that, then we can understand why he didn't have any lasting  problem with the way Snape treated him once he understood that  Snape believed sincerely that Harry deserved to be punished. 
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> > When a sadistic person punishes, he is going to punish sadistically, because he doesn't know what it's like *not* to be sadistic. He has a choice about whether to punish or not, he doesn't have a choice about liking it.
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> > Pippin
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> So does Harry's using torture to punish Amicus Carrow and apparently liking it mean that he's a sadistic person? Or is he not a sadistic person because he knows what it's like *not* to be sadistic? Then again, if he has a choice about liking it and chooses to like it anyway, wouldn't it make the whole thing even worse? Wouldn't it mean that he chooses to be something the person he's punishing has no choice but being, i.e. a sadistic person? 
> a_svirn
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