Tom Riddle's mother /NOW ALSO Salazar and DE's...

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 69094

Me: 
> > 
> > Yeah, it took all kinds of courage to kill two 20-something wizards 
> > and try to kill a baby he thought was helpless.
> > 

nemi:

 
> He could have sent a DE to do it, and where would the WW be now then?  
He  doesn't continuously hide behind his men, he goes out and attempts to kill 
people on his own.  If he was a coward he wouldn't do that.
> 

Given that the DEs we've seen so far, with the possible exception of Bellatrix, 
behave more like the Three Stooges Meets Inspector Clouseau, that doesn't 
seem like courage so much as resigned necessity.

And again, we're talking about  a BABY. I'm  not going to praise his courage 
for attempting to snuff out a baby.

> > Give me a break. Courage would have been waiting until Harry was of 
> > age and then challenging him to resolve this prophecy stuff once and 
> > for all.
 
> No, that would have been stupid, the prophesy, remember he is cunning 
after  all.

He's not cunning in avoiding danger AND courageous for doing it himself. 

Pick one. You can't have both.

Darrin