Hermione and her parents Redux WAS: Re: Wizarding Top Ten

[montavilla47]

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Carol:
> So we're back to the question of whether Hermione's action was justified, with or without her parents' consent. I can't quite tell where you stand on that question. Do you agree with me that sending them to Australia, with their consent, is sufficient, and that the memory modification is both unnecessary and wrong, or do you hold some other biew?

Montavilla47:
I've been keeping away from making a value judgment on 
what Hermione did because my argument is focused on 
whether or not she obtained consent.  Which I think is
less likely than her simply going ahead without any
consultation with her parents or any consent on their
part.

So, assuming that she did modify their minds without
consent (with whatever spell she did that *wasn't* a 
Memory Charm)... 

Of course it's wrong.

It was wrong when she did it to Cormac McClaggen, and 
it waswrong when Shacklebolt did it to Marietta Edgecombe, 
and it was wrong when the Obliviators did it to Aunt Marge
and the Robertsons.

Oh, and it was wrong when Ron did it to the driving 
instructor in order to pass his exam.  

Now, as we can see in the last book in particular, there
are desperate times that call for desperate measures.
But in Hermione's case, there were other alternatives.

So, I don't think it was justified.