Good magic vs dark arts
To put it simply, 'good magic' and 'dark arts' sort of work like the Force, where a Jedi throws an opponent and a Sith strangles an opponent. Good magic is magic that doesn't typically cause physical harm, while the dark arts is magic specifically used to harm others, like in the case of the magic Voldemort tries to use to kill Harry.
It's the difference between the torturing curse that Voldemort uses on his victims and the puking pastilles the trickster twins, Fred and George, market for skipping classes at school.
But sometimes the lines get a little blurry, especially in the last book. Though to be fair, the situation sin the last book were mostly 'terrorists are trying to kill our children!/We will be tortured and killed!' situations, not a 'the bad guys are going to take the unicorns away!' situation, so I think that gives the heroes the right to defend their children/families/homes by any means possible (then there's the whole part of Molly Weasley going BERSERK MAMA BEAR WHEN BELLATRIX DARES HURT HER BABY and are you really going to try to stop her? Even her husband knew to stay waaaaaaaay back at that point.)
It's the difference between the torturing curse that Voldemort uses on his victims and the puking pastilles the trickster twins, Fred and George, market for skipping classes at school.
But sometimes the lines get a little blurry, especially in the last book. Though to be fair, the situation sin the last book were mostly 'terrorists are trying to kill our children!/We will be tortured and killed!' situations, not a 'the bad guys are going to take the unicorns away!' situation, so I think that gives the heroes the right to defend their children/families/homes by any means possible (then there's the whole part of Molly Weasley going BERSERK MAMA BEAR WHEN BELLATRIX DARES HURT HER BABY and are you really going to try to stop her? Even her husband knew to stay waaaaaaaay back at that point.)
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