[HPforGrownups] Morality and Harry Potter

[dorothy dankanyin]

No: HPFGUIDX 191832

Steve,
  Me, too.  As I always say, "question authority".
  Dorothy

From: "Steve" <bboyminn at yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 8:59 AM
> Below you will find a quote that I found on the YouTube site of a young 
> atheist. The original said 'religion', but in this case I will change that 
> to 'law' because it applies just as well, and because I don't want to get 
> in to a argument about religion.
>
> In this case, 'law' will mean law in the legal sense, but also in the 
> sense of rules and regulations and similar.
>
>
> Morality is doing what is right regardless of what you are told.
>
> (Law) is doing what you are told regardless of what is right.
>
>
> Many have argued that Harry was a nasty little boy who did nothing but 
> flout the rules and get into trouble. If he were a good boy, he would have 
> stayed in his bed and let the adults handle it.
>
> Let the adults handle it for better or worse, though we know, without 
> Harry's help, it would have always been for worse.
>
> As I have strongly counter argued in the past. Harry may not have obeyed 
> the rules, but he always did what was right.
>
> He could not stand by and leave it to others, when it was clear that 
> 'others' simply did not comprehend the source of the true danger, and they 
> also seemed very adverse to listening to reason.
>
> To some, Harry's behavior was criminal. He disobeyed rules, he broke laws, 
> he flouted authority at every turn, or so it seemed.
>
> To paraphrases Thomas Jefferson, 'the law is but the tyrants will'.
>
> Harry did what was right, rather than what he was told. Would we really 
> rather Harry did what he was told even when his conscience knew it was not 
> right?
>
> An old argument, but I still, as always, side with Harry.
>
> Steve/bboyminn