Malfoy redemption

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No: HPFGUIDX 14920

Cassie Stating all those  facts, IMHO, goes nowhere in arguing 
against his possible redemption. 
> 
Indigo: Except that he *chose* to be a bigoted little prick.  He 
knows the  difference, and has no inclination thus far to behave the 
other way. 

And Snape at one point chose to be a Death Eater. Then he chose not 
to be any more. Saying that someone is "bad" does not argue against 
their redemption. It's not a "redemption" if one isn't bad in the 
first place.
 
Indigo: Relevant in that the boy's worldview is warped and skewed -- 
and that  he *likes* it that way. He self-perpetuates it by how he 
behaves.  He  could choose to behave like a good kid. He doesn't. 
 

*sigh* This is only relevant if the argument is that Draco is some 
kind of nice kid, which is not an argument I was making. He's a 
bigoted little rat. All I ever said was that JKR had left it open 
that he might not be this bigoted little rat forever. Something might 
happen to change him.
 
(snip Snape stuff)
Indigo: That's all speculative though until we determine why he's so 
devoted  to Dumbledore and Hogwarts. 

Well..we have it on canon evidence that he practiced Dark magic and 
was a Death Eater. Snape was *not* a good guy.
 
Indigo: It will take something profound and intense to redeem him 
(Draco). 

Ah, so you agree there *is* the possibility, however remote, that he 
might be redeemable? Then we have the same point of view.

Cassandra