Potions Club: Term XXIV - Activity #1

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Activity: Ethics Debate
Points: Long Debate - 10pts initial comment/2pts for each subsequent comment of substance; 30pt max
Deadline: Friday, September 21st - 11:59pm UTC
Details: Potions can be a tricky business with some magnificent results. But should it be monitored and if so, how? The Ministry is considering instituting a control over Veritaserum and we're going to discuss whether or not that's necessary and/or a good idea.


For this particular debate, we'll be discussing Veritaserum use, control, and distribution. Initial comment should be at least 100 words and each subsequent should be of some substance and not just "I agree!", even if you do. Why? Anything else to add?

Some things to consider:
As such a potent and effective potion, does it need to be controlled? At first glance it's fairly innocuous. It can be used in a variety of circumstances for differing reasons. Should it be controlled by the Ministry and, if so, how? Should just anyone be able to make it? And when used by the Ministry, should they just be used whenever interrogating a criminal or only in certain circumstances?

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Comments

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It's kind of crazy, if you think about it, all the curses and jinxs and potions and whatever that they teach kids and just the crazy amount of power they hold by knowing such things. I guess that is part of why they are forbidden to do magic outside of school until they are 17. Maybe they figure it can be stopped and controlled more in school and by the time they turn 17, they are hopefully mature enough to not be using all these things in ways they shouldn't.

But anyway, back to your point, I do agree that it would be non-sensical to regulate one and not all the others, and it would probably be impossible to regulate everything, but maybe they could at least have general laws about these things, along with — as you said — readily available antidotes!


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