Rowling and Philosophy

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 53644

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tom Wall"

>>>Thus far,we don't know that Riddle betrayed any 
friends. Sure, he's a killer, but has he actually pulled a Judas or 
a Lucifer? Uh, not of which we know. Remember, Dante placed 
Judas Isacariot, Brutus and Cassius in Lucifer's three mouths at 
the center of the ninth circle of the inferno, which contained the 
traitors. Treason, the betrayal of a trust, is a pretty hefty crime. 

But we don't have Voldemort on it yet.<<<

Of course we do!

 " I was sympathetic, I was kind. Ginny simply *loved* me. *No 
one's ever understood me like you, Tom ... I'm so glad I've got 
this diary to confide in ... It's like having a friend I can carry
around in my pocket...." -- CoS ch17.

Ginny certainly was betrayed.   As for rebellion,  Tom was  a 
prefect when he set the Serpent of Slytherin on the school.


Pippin