[the_old_crowd] Unforgivable?

[Anita Hillin]

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  quigonginger:


  I was thinking about the Unforgivables.  The AK and Crucio are
  unforgivable for obvious reasons.   [snip - in color, no less! apologies
to anyone who doesn't see this in blue]

  But what about Imperio?  I went back and checked fake Moody's exact words
when explaining it to the class.  I had wondered if maybe he had said "the
use of any one of them *against* another human being...Azkaban", but he said
*on* rather than *against*.  There went my theory, but I am still wondering.

  akh:

  I read Rynne's and Saitaina's good responses, and I'm now prepared to
weigh in with my own.  I think that perhaps the Unforgivables are not used
for good because there are other means of achieving good ends.  Why use a
curse where a potion or a charm will do?  We've seen Madame Pomfrey cure an
impressive array of ailments with potions and "over-the-counter" treatments,
and we've seen cheering charms, among others, practiced in class to aid in
behavior modification.  The three unforgivables are brutal, and there may
have been a time when Imperio was the only solution for keeping
recalcitrants at bay.  Now, however, with more humane treatments (my
speculation only, of course), there is no good reason to use them, so
they've been banned.



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