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Isla Coye · 07-17-2012, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by astralpictures

Yeah, any spell that is fired at someone with the attempt to kill, unless it's in self-defense or war, should be unforgivable. Remember in DH when Hermione attempts to cut the ropes that Ron is tied up with? She uses Diffindo, the severing charm. The first attempt at it, her hands are shaking so much that her aim misses and she leaves a deep gash in his leg. That is a perfectly legal spell, but it proves that it can harm someone. Imagine if someone uses it for evil reasons, like they would as if it were a knife. It's basically just a slightly less drastic version of Sectumsempra.

That would be really difficult to police, since something fired in anger could result in death when it might no even have been aimed at that person, or, as in Harry's case with Sectumsempra, when someone had no idea what they were casting.

Also, someone else mentioned aurors using Avada Kedavra to catch bad guys- in my opinion the Auror's job is to capture a criminal and bring them to justice, rather than kill outright- any views on this? I say this because Aurors are meant to be highly skilled wizards and therefore should be more than capable of incapacitating someone without killing them- after all, the Wizengamot are responsible for sentencing, not the Aurors?

07-17-2012, 09:44 PM	#38 (permalink)
Isla Coye Flobberworm Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Yorkshire, England Posts: 12	Quote: Originally Posted by astralpictures Yeah, any spell that is fired at someone with the attempt to kill, unless it's in self-defense or war, should be unforgivable. Remember in DH when Hermione attempts to cut the ropes that Ron is tied up with? She uses Diffindo, the severing charm. The first attempt at it, her hands are shaking so much that her aim misses and she leaves a deep gash in his leg. That is a perfectly legal spell, but it proves that it can harm someone. Imagine if someone uses it for evil reasons, like they would as if it were a knife. It's basically just a slightly less drastic version of Sectumsempra. That would be really difficult to police, since something fired in anger could result in death when it might no even have been aimed at that person, or, as in Harry's case with Sectumsempra, when someone had no idea what they were casting. Also, someone else mentioned aurors using Avada Kedavra to catch bad guys- in my opinion the Auror's job is to capture a criminal and bring them to justice, rather than kill outright- any views on this? I say this because Aurors are meant to be highly skilled wizards and therefore should be more than capable of incapacitating someone without killing them- after all, the Wizengamot are responsible for sentencing, not the Aurors?