minus the politics (was Re: Lord Voldemort, the nature of evil, and politics

[potioncat]

> Tonks:
> I posted a question about evil in general. I didn't really want to 
get 
> into specifics about the election and who did what to whom or to 
disect 
> the process of the 'making of a President". I am sick of all of it at 
> this point. What I am referring to is the dirty nature of 'politics 
as 
> usual'. 

Potioncat:

Sorry, I'm a little confused. (I heard that!) 

I'm not sure if you want to discuss the nature of evil or the evil of 
politics. It would be difficult to discuss the latter without specific 
examples. It does seem to me that even our best presidents have had 
skeletons in their closets. But I'm not sure that's what you're talking 
about. I don't pay much attention to the campaigns anyway. Then on 
election day I'm scarmbling to find out what the platforms really are. 

Discussing evil, or defining evil is like defining Dark Arts. When is 
soeomething merely wrong and when is it evil? But hey, I'm game.