[HPforGrownups] JKR, Harry Potter, and the Nature of Evil

[Tamfiiris]

No: HPFGUIDX 19694

dfrankis at dial.pipex.com wrote:

<regretful snip of a great post>

> I believe that it is this uncertainty of identity that fuels wizard
> prejudice, the devotion of the Death Eaters to Voldemort, and
> ultimately the quest of Voldemort himself to be no longer human.

funny you should mention that... you see, after all this talk of evil
i have had thoughts, about the Dursleys in particular. are they truly
evil? or are they just driven by their intense fear of dropping out of
the norm, and regard their cruelty towards Harry as necessary to
squash the magic out of him?

personally, i see the Dursleys as the perfect material for Death
Eaters of the opposite side - i imagine they would applaud a modern
witch hunt to rid the society of 'those weird people'. they seem like
just the kind of people who would support Hitler & friends.

i think they are mean and annoying, but not because they want to be
evil. they are simply scared. like the wizards who doubt their
wizardhood, these people doubt their muggleness. if somebody evil
turned up to lead them, they would easily follow, but as long as
there's enough space in their cage, they're harmless enough.

ciao
Tamf