[HPforGrownups] Re: The Dullest Redemption Subplot Ever (WAS: Evil Is...)

[Megalynn S.]

No: HPFGUIDX 51633

Seeing as we are playing around with definitions of evil, I would like to 
submit mine. I once saw a movie about the Nuremburg trials and there is a 
scene between the psycholigist who evaluated the captured Nazis and the 
prosecuter. The psychiatrist said that of all the horrible and good things 
people (even the same person) are capable of the one thread he found of true 
evil is lack of empathy. I want to further clarify the difference between 
empathy and sympathy. With sympathy you feel bad for the person and their 
situation, with empathy you put yourself IN that person's position to feel 
how they feel. For me, I think that is the best situation I have heard.

So now I ask, are there any instances in canon where Draco DOES show 
empathy? The train certainly wasn't one.

Megalynn

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