The Nature & Destruction of Horcruxes ( was:... the Forest scene )

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 191204



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff" <geoffbannister123 at ...> wrote:
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn@> wrote:
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> Steve:
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> > The Diary might have been singed and soggy, but it was still a book, not a pile of ashes. The Cup was still a cup, though likely bent. And I believe that 'mangled' is an overly dramatic word, in this case, for bend or misshapen. 
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> > The Diadem is unique as it is the only thing we see destroyed by Fiend Fire. ... it wasn't 'damaged but generally intact'. But neither was it completely and utterly destroyed. 
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> > The Locket is referred to as "Shattered", but do we really know that it was reduced to a handful of metal fragments? That is not the sense I get when Ron shows it to Hermione ...
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> > But then ... that's just my opinion.
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> Geoff:
> But I still maintain that, if I might use a UK legal term that is
> used in disputes over goods etc., these items are "not fit for 
> purpose". The diary and the cup and the other item are basically
> unusable.
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> But again, that's just my two pennyworth.
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Steve:

Actually, I will concede that point. I claim "damaged, but not destroyed", but that DOES NOT means something as simple as a scratch or chip. 

Certainly, in all but the most absurd circumstances, the objects are "not fit for purpose". That said, the cup is still a cup, just not a usable cup. The locket is still a locket, just not usable as a locket. The book is sufficiently mangled as to not function as a practical diary any more, but it is still recognizable as a diary. 

Now, I make one absurd exception. While one could still drink from the cup, it would be awkward and impractical, and the same with the other objects. One could still wear the locket, but only in the absurd sense. The same with the Diary, you could technically write in it, but not in any practical sense.

So, sufficiently danged to be definitely "not fit for purpose". 

Steve/bboyminn