Locke comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 10 - Less Wrong

11 Post author: Oscar_Cunningham 07 March 2012 04:46PM

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Comment author: Locke 16 March 2012 04:23:07AM 0 points [-]

Maybe for most people, but Harry didn't need a friend in Azkaban to appreciate it's horror.

Comment author: Nominull 16 March 2012 06:46:34AM 9 points [-]

He needed to visit it and hear the tortured captives crying out in anguish before he really appreciated its horror. Before he visited, he said "wow, that's awful, somebody should do something". After he visited he swore to the phoenix to dedicate his life to smashing it.