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hairyfigment comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, March 2015, chapter 120 - Less Wrong Discussion

1 Post author: Gondolinian 12 March 2015 07:03PM

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Comment author: TobyBartels 13 March 2015 04:50:31AM 4 points [-]

Yes, Harry killed a half hour's worth of Draco without really giving it a second thought. Not much in the grand scheme of things, but I expected Harry to notice that this is a little bit of evil. (Just because Wizards do it all the time doesn't make it not evil, as Harry well knows.) But maybe we'll get Harry's perspective later.

Comment author: hairyfigment 13 March 2015 08:28:20AM 5 points [-]

He explicitly said "seal away," not "erase".

Comment author: TobyBartels 13 March 2015 10:23:56AM 1 point [-]

You're right, that is less evil.

Comment author: MarkusRamikin 13 March 2015 04:29:52PM 0 points [-]

And less secure.

Comment author: TobyBartels 13 March 2015 07:37:39PM 0 points [-]

If Harry has to do harm in order to obtain security, then I expect him to do it, but I still expect him to feel guilty about it. That's Harry. (And in this case, I also don't see the need.)