JRRT, JKR, UKLG, and the complexity of evil

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 19510

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., linman6868 at a... wrote:

> However, concerning Voldemort I think  it's not so much that he's a
> cardboard Evil Overlord; I think it's more that we as ordinary
> people just don't understand the taste, so to speak, of rational
> and cold-blooded evil.

I don't think Voldemort is rational. He wants to be immortal himself 
and he wants to be feared, to kill, to destroy -- someone who wants 
to be immortal and is rational should plan for the long term: who 
will fear him and who will follow him after he has killed everyone?