[HPforGrownups] Re: Draco is Evil

[tillrules at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25171

I don't see any doubt that Draco is evil.  He is inarguably a racist and 
contiually acts in a malicious manner.  He takes joy out of ruining other's 
lives and in seeing others hurt.

I think the comparison of Ron's offhand joke about throwing Draco off a 
glacier to Draco's hope that the next person to die is Hermione is innacurate 
for one reason:  Liklihood of occurrance.  Ron's joke regarded the extremely 
unlikely fictional situation of both of them being at Durmstrang and being in 
that situation.  It's a practically impossibility.   

On the other hand, in the midst of an ongoing series of accidents, Draco 
hopes that Hermione will be next, purely due to her "mudblood" status.  This 
is not some offhand joke about an impossibility. This is a very real wish 
that a likely event (given the history of the Heir) occur.  

Add to this, the dozens of times in which Draco took joy in causing injury to 
others, and its pretty clear that Draco is purely evil

Also, I find the Sirius comparison invalid.  I will not argue that Sirius 
committed one evil act (the trick on Snape), but that does not make him evil. 
 Nor would one evil act stamp Draco as evil.  The difference (from what we 
know in the canon) is that Sirius committed only that one evil act, where as 
Draco's sole purpose is to be evil.  Sirius is continually portrayed as being 
someone who will help others, to the point of risking his life & freedom to 
be near Harry for GoF.    On the other hand, Draco seems to favor no one but 
himself. He even mistreats and disrespects his "friends."  He continues to 
take joy in the sufferrings of others.  

Also, if he is not evil, why does he take such joy at the end of GoF with the 
return of Voldemort?  He taunts Harry & friends about the return and the 
persecutions that will follow.  The boy is evil through and through.