[HPforGrownups] Re: A motive for Sirius (finally!)

[Danger Mouse]

No: HPFGUIDX 48477

Oryomai:
"It's not Evil (at least, not with a capital E).  Maybe 
evil.  The difference?  Big Evil is Voldemort, Sauron, Hitler, etc.  People 
who were doing things for their own gain.  Little evil is when you are trying 
to do good things, but do them in a bad way.  A "the ends justify the means" 
kinda thing.  So his hypothetical motive was right...in his mind."

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Me: 
In East of Eden, characters do evil things just for the sake of being evil. One lights her house aflame to kill her parents, fake her death, and become a prostitute, etc... with no definite motivation besides to be The Bad Guy. So what about those who do evil things just to be evil? 

-DM


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