Draco is Evil

[cassandraclaire at mail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25180

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., tillrules at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 8/30/2001 11:02:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> cassandraclaire at m... writes:
 >  
"But we have other evidence of Sirius at 14.  He was supportive of 
Lupin and  his status as a werewolf.  He befreinded the essential 
friendless Peter.  By  all current canon, he was a nice kid who 
played pranks and did one evil  .  An evil which is not part of an 
ongoing pattern of spech and action."

I'm on the run so will have to respond to the other points later, but 
I'd like to add that much has been made on this list previously 
regarding the essential heartlessness of Sirius' action vis-a-vis not 
just Snape but Lupin. He sent Snape off to be killed, yes, but he 
also set up Lupin, his friend, as the instrument of that particular 
murder. How would Lupin have felt once he found out what he had done? 
Not to mention that I doubt there'd be the slightest chance to keep 
Lupin in school after he'd shredded a fellow student. Back home he 
would be sent, to live out the rest of his life in guilt-ridden 
solitary misery. And did Sirius give that any thought? From available 
evidence, no. Do I think that makes Sirius evil? No, it was an evil 
thing to do but I don't think he's evil and he's certainly redeemed 
himself thoroughly since. Boys at that age are not necessarily likely 
to give their every action the greatest consideration, and are not 
known for in-depth psychological consideration, either. 
Ditto Draco as regards Hagrid:
Would Draco stop to think that Hagrid has very little life outside 
Hogwarts, or would he just think of him as a teacher he hates, who is 
buddy-buddy with his worst enemy? Of Draco's various actions, that 
one doesn't strike me as the worst. Possibly this is because I don't 
much like Hagrid either. He really *isn't a very good CoMC teacher. I 
do think this falls under the category of nasty, malicious, but not 
exactly evil behavior as far as Draco is concerned. I maintain he's a 
child under the sway of his parents and probably doesn't think these 
things through.

Cassandra