A few comments....

[schlaggen]

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Date: 7/16/00 2:29 am  (ET)

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<<Now, as far as Voldemort/Tom Riddle goes...>>

<<It seems to me that the rich Riddle family were muggles. There was
Mr. Tom Riddle Sr, Mrs. Riddle, and the son, Tom Riddle. Either the
elder Riddle or his son had an affair with a witch in the village, and
that affair led to the birth of Voldemort. I guess that his Mother gave
him the name Tom after his Father.>>

The elder riddle was na,ed Malavoy, and his son was named Tom. Voldy
was named Tom Malavoy after the both of them.

<<Eventually, Tom Riddle/Voldemort returned and killed the Riddle family
as revenge for being abandoned. It's pretty simple, I think, Voldemort
was a bastard child and never got over it. Eventually, he went and got
revenge on the muggle man who had abandoned him and his Mother.

Since Voldemort stayed in an orphanage when not at school, I believe
that his Mother must have died when he was very young. Perhaps Voldemort
blamed the death of his witch Mother on his muggle father - and we just
don't know the full story there as of yet.>>

Reread COS, especially "The Heir of Slytherin"

<<I am also concerned about why Fudge started smiling when confronted
by Dumbledore. I know that many of the Ministry members are obviously
pretty worthless, and some have been Voldemort followers. I hope that
Fudge isn't secretly on Voldemort's side.>>

Nah, he was just too stupid and pompous to see it as anything but a
dumb joke. Hagrid was right way back in Whatzit Stone when he called
him a bungler.

Anyways, if he was really on Voldy's side, he could have done Harry in
at the beginning of Azkaban and then sadly announced that they were too
late to save Harry from black.