The Nature of Cowardice (was Fudge is not evil)

[Jim Ferer <jferer@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48330

Melody, diagreeing that Fudge is evil in any way:"Cowardice is not
evil.  If it is, then Ron is evil too for being a coward around spiders."

Not at all. Ron is terrified of spiders, but he went, stuck with his
friend, and did what he had to do in spite of his fear.  That makes
him courageous, the opposite of fear.

Melody:"Cowardice gets a bad rap because is it is not the stuff heroes
are made of generally.  It does not help along to cause of good in
battling evil."

It's worse than merely not helping.  If Fudge stepped forward and took
action quickly, Evil might be stopped or lessened. By a lack of moral
courage, Fudge does evil's work better than some of the Death Eaters do.

Melody:"Yes that [cowardice] is not a good thing, but it does not make
the person innately evil.  It just deems them "not the hero."

Agreed, not innately evil, but Fudge is something much worse than 'not
the hero.'