Draco is Evil

[cassandraclaire at mail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25165

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., fourfuries at a... wrote:
"A re-read of the Polyjuice Potion chapter of CoS confirms that Draco 
> is already about as evil as one can get and still be so young.  
Upon  news of the opening of the Chamber of Secrets, Malfoy tells Ron 
and 
> Harry (disguised as Crabbe and Goyle) that his father told him 
about  the Chamber legend, specifically, that a "mudblood had died 
the last  time it [the chamber] was opened."  Draco's next words are 
as telling   as any you'll hear.  He says, paraphrasing 
accurately, "I hope  somebody dies this time.  I hope it's that 
Hermione Granger."    Wishing someone dead, just for the sport of it, 
is about as evil as  you can get. 

*Raises eyebrows* Just saying you want someone dead is more evil than 
actually sending someone into danger (i.e. Sirus in MWPP times?). 
This seems extreme, especially since Draco is obviously showing off 
for his friends and just as obviously doesn't have the faintest idea 
who the Heir actually is or what his father's been up to. Ron says in 
book four that he wishes that they went to Durmstrang so he could 
throw Malfoy off a glacier, presumably to his demise. Does this make 
him evil?
 

"Lucius would never have dueled fairly with Harry. In 
> fact, his son Draco cheated in the Dueling Club match with Harry.  
> Like father, like son."

And Voldemort's duel with Harry was FAIR? An almost-immortal powerful 
evil wizard against a fourteen-year-old boy with a twisted ankle? 
Voldemort only started that duel because he knew he'd win, and he 
would not have lost had he known about the coincidence of the wands.

As for Draco cheating during the Duelling match, he doesn't. He 
doesn't play nice, but neither does he cheat. He lets himself be 
assisted by Snape, but that's not cheating.

Cassandra