Re: Fawkes: Deathly Hallows Spoilers

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 14:46:21 -0600, Louis Epstein <le@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Toon <toon@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
: On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:15:13 -0600, Louis Epstein <le@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
: wrote:
:
:>Fish Eye no Miko <fenm@xxxxxxx> wrote:
:>: On Oct 8, 3:12 am, Tim Bruening <tsbru...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>:
:>:> Deathly Hallows Spoilers:
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:>:> In a Snape flashback, when Dumbledore asks Snape to kill
:>:> him, the phoenix Fawkes is present. Why didn't Fawkes object?
:>:
:>: DD was already dying. Why would Fawkes object to a mercy killing?
:>:
:>: Catherine Johnson.
:>
:>Because "mercy killing" is wrong.
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: DD didn't think so. Many of Dr. Kervorkian's clients didn't think so.
: Snape didn't think so. Would Fawkes? Or would he accept for the
: greater good?

It's the greater good that forbids it regardless of the
individual desire for escape.



So the greater good is to allow suffering and painful deaths over
milder ones? Not very good.
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Fawkes: Deathly Hallows Spoilers
    ... :>: DD was already dying. ... Why would Fawkes object to a mercy killing? ... :>: Catherine Johnson. ...
    (alt.fan.harry-potter)
  • Re: Fawkes: Deathly Hallows Spoilers
    ... In a Snape flashback, when Dumbledore asks Snape to kill ... Why would Fawkes object to a mercy killing? ... Catherine Johnson. ...
    (alt.fan.harry-potter)
  • Re: Fawkes: Deathly Hallows Spoilers
    ... Why would Fawkes object to a mercy killing? ... Sorry - but mercy killing is not forbidden except for in Humans. ... We can put animals out of their misery because they have no vote. ... If they really believed in their religion - they would welcome it. ...
    (alt.fan.harry-potter)