Lord Voldemort, the nature of evil, and politics

[Barbara Roberts]

Tonks:
But still no one is discussing the nature of evil. I am just going
to conclude that Voldemort rules in Politics and half the people in
DC are Death Eaters of one form or another. Reminds me of a time
when I told someone "do whatever it takes" and to my horror they
did. That is when I learned the hard way that some people have no
boundaries they will not cross. Maybe I will just read the book 'how
to swim with the sharks' and eat chocolate. Can't drink.. gives me a
migraine.


Ivogun:

No no. I hope that half of the people in DC aren't Death Eaters types.  
(Might be true in Miami.) I think that many politicians are like   
Prof. Slughorn (old boy politics and cowardly), or like  Fudge (weak,  
ineffectual, prejudiced, and easily duped), or like   Scrimgeour or  
Crouch (tough, but not necessarily fair or nice)  are all too common.  
None of these were not Death Eaters.  All had at least some honorable  
intentions, and not one wished to be a slave to Lord Voldemort.  Some  
of the Death Eaters too (Snape, Black and the Malfoys) matured and had  
second thoughts about being a Death Eater.  Even Dumbledore admits  
that he has avoided the position of "Minister of Magic" because he was  
afraid that power of the position would go to his head--not that he  
would be a Death Eater though. Doesn't make politics pretty, nor many  
of the people completely honorable, but doesn't mean that the capital  
is full of Death Eater types either. (At least...I hope not.)

I volunteered to campaign (had no choice really) for a good cause on  
Election Day at a polling location.  I spent my whole day among the  
campaign workers. One of our sister polling sites witnessed an  
argument that involved both political parties, two different sets of  
police, a poll worker a homeowner, a van and one sign.  One has just  
has to laugh at the absurdness. You can be sure that our group did.

Barbara (Miami, FL) Can you believe it? Florida didn't mess up the  
presidential election this year.  I think our new governor has cleaned  
up the system.









































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