Hell, would they react differently to disintegration of elves? For that matter, a good percentage of them were okay with mass murder of humans.
Yes. Elves are valuable and useful—recall Lucius nearly had a stroke when he realized he lost his House Elf. It’d be like casually shooting your stable’s prime stallion.
Clearly you don’t kill your own elves. You do it to somebody you don’t like.
They might sue you for destruction of valuable property.
For that matter, a good percentage of humans have been OK with mass murder of humans.
The whole discussion is not very well grounded. Why make a big deal out of kittens but not of chickens etc?
Hell, would they react differently to disintegration of elves? For that matter, a good percentage of them were okay with mass murder of humans.
Yes. Elves are valuable and useful—recall Lucius nearly had a stroke when he realized he lost his House Elf. It’d be like casually shooting your stable’s prime stallion.
Clearly you don’t kill your own elves. You do it to somebody you don’t like.
They might sue you for destruction of valuable property.
For that matter, a good percentage of humans have been OK with mass murder of humans.
The whole discussion is not very well grounded. Why make a big deal out of kittens but not of chickens etc?