"Dead" Troll - Voldemort as stupid Evil Overlord

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 21509

Jenny from Ravenclaw wrote:

> IIRC, there is no evidence that Ron's spell actually 
> killed the smelly troll - I thought the troll was 
> knocked out. 

That's right. Ron's spell (Levitating the troll's club and hitting him
with it) only knocked out the troll, but would have killed a mere human.
Btw, at first I typed "Ron's smell knocked out the troll"!

Zarleycat wrote:

> For that matter, why not assign a DE to go to 
> Hogwarts and kill Harry outright?

The fake Moody was well positioned to kill Harry all school year,
possibly under cover of one of the Tasks.

> Isn't it a sign of insanity if you do the same thing
> over and over, and expect a different outcome?  
> You'd think V would start thinking about some 
> other way to kill Harry.  
 
I'm sure that Voldemort IS insane.
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