JKR, Harry Potter, and the Nature of Evil

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No: HPFGUIDX 19624

I read the Newsweek article and I thought it had some interesting 
elements but was mostly gibberish.

I have been thinking about evil......I think evil is conscious, a 
deliberate choice, planned and calculated. I think that it is about
an individual getting what they want. That is oftentimes revenge or 
power and control. They often think they are entitled, that they were 
treated badly and deserve better, or that they are doing it on behalf 
of a group that has been treated badly.

Many individuals have been treated badly (horrendously abused as 
children, to use one example that Newsweek used) and many individuals 
are part of a group that has been treated badly (such as Native 
Americans). Not all individuals who have been treated badly become 
evil. Some engage in self destructive behavior. Others triumph over 
their own ill-treatment, and do good.

Susan