Evil and JKR morality

[dfrankis at dial.pipex.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 19866

Pippin and Amy commented on:
 I think what set *my* bells off is when McGonagall says to 
> > Dumbledore  in the first chapter of PS/SS that Voldemort was only 
afraid of  Albus  Dumbledore.  "You flatter me, my dear...Voldemort 
had powers I never will."  "Only because you're too *noble* to use 
them," McGonagall shoots back.  Well, wouldn't this imply that people 
who break the rules are the ones with the real power? 


I agree with the drift of what Amy and Pippin say - McGonagall thinks 
that you should stay good ('noble') even if your'e losing.  Although 
it hasn't become explicit, I think Dumbledore (and JKR) believe that 
staying noble is also a better *strategy* for dealing with evil - it 
actually wins; and McGonagall doesn't have that degree of faith: 
witness her fear of saying the name

David