Dude, I think if someone ripped me open and but for outside intervention I would've bled out on a bathroom floor, I'd presume they were trying to kill me. I'd also presume they knew what the spell meant because - how the hell is Draco supposed to know Harry has a mystery book with enigmatic spells in it? They've always known what spells do before. I see absolutely no reason to assume Draco doesn't think Harry meant to do it. And thus that Harry, dork or not, meant to kill him. I don't think it's a big-ass assumption at all, I think it's perfectly reasonable. And it neeeds to be addressed.
I'd agree about the basic ethics, actually, but since Draco can help (by uh, being human) to show Harry's loopholes as often bullshit, my point that he could help stands! ... though point taken on Harry being nobody's assassin unless they are trying to kill him, sure.
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Date: 2006-11-16 01:12 pm (UTC)Dude, I think if someone ripped me open and but for outside intervention I would've bled out on a bathroom floor, I'd presume they were trying to kill me. I'd also presume they knew what the spell meant because - how the hell is Draco supposed to know Harry has a mystery book with enigmatic spells in it? They've always known what spells do before. I see absolutely no reason to assume Draco doesn't think Harry meant to do it. And thus that Harry, dork or not, meant to kill him. I don't think it's a big-ass assumption at all, I think it's perfectly reasonable. And it neeeds to be addressed.
I'd agree about the basic ethics, actually, but since Draco can help (by uh, being human) to show Harry's loopholes as often bullshit, my point that he could help stands! ... though point taken on Harry being nobody's assassin unless they are trying to kill him, sure.