*Anyone else find Mr. Roberts handing over the map "placidly" a little terrifying? Yes, he's just so much more docile with the brain damage. It's not at all like an Imperio. He needs a memory charm "ten times a day" to "keep him happy." Keep him happy??? And this is going to have exactly what kind of long-term effect?
This is probably the most morally disturbing thing about the wizarding world--all the more disturbing because it's not recognized as such and is treated like a joke. Mind-control isn't a joke, and neither is memory-tampering, unless you're in a joke universe (like Roald Dahl's) which Rowling's is not. If we're expected to be outraged by the Imperius curse, then treating Memory Charms as acceptable is just bizarre.
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Date: 2007-03-23 06:07 pm (UTC)*Anyone else find Mr. Roberts handing over the map "placidly" a little terrifying? Yes, he's just so much more docile with the brain damage. It's not at all like an Imperio. He needs a memory charm "ten times a day" to "keep him happy." Keep him happy??? And this is going to have exactly what kind of long-term effect?
This is probably the most morally disturbing thing about the wizarding world--all the more disturbing because it's not recognized as such and is treated like a joke. Mind-control isn't a joke, and neither is memory-tampering, unless you're in a joke universe (like Roald Dahl's) which Rowling's is not. If we're expected to be outraged by the Imperius curse, then treating Memory Charms as acceptable is just bizarre.