Bang! You're Dead. (was:Voldemorts animus...)

[dj_bagshaw]

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> K says
> 
> Regardless of what the law says Harry can't kill Voldemort unless 
it's in a
> fight of some kind. Harry doesn't have the right to decide that 
Voldemort
> deserves to die, regardless of what Voldemort has done in the past. 
(And btw
> Hitler committed suicide. If Saddam's sons were killed when they 
were
> unarmed then yes they were murdered, if they were resisting, then 
since
> America was at war it's somewhat justified). 


Now Me:
The Hitler point was only an example, albeit a poor one...it was the 
closest thing I could think of to a RW equivalent of Voldemort...

However, is the wizarding world not at war with Voldemort?  It seems 
that way to me....forgive me, but your own logic seems to point in my 
favour...Harry would be "somewhat justified" if he killed Voldemort 
then?  (I personally don't think anyone would complain in the WW if 
he did....)


K again:
<snip>Voldemort has done Harry
> great harm in the past but that doesn't put Harry above any legal 
or moral
> considerations. He has no right to become judge, jury and 
executioner.
> 
> K

Me again:
My point is that Harry *is* the judge, jury and executioner...it says 
so in the prophecy.  Kill or be killed.  End of story.  Life or Death 
situation.

Maybe the end won't be as clear cut as that, maybe JKR will throw us 
another curve ball (for the record I hope she does), but in the 
meantime it looks as though one of these two characters is going to 
end up dead, and it's just a question of which.  Voldemort has done 
almost *every* family great harm in the past, not just Harry.  V 
doesn't care that he has ruined countless lives...why should it be 
considered immoral for Harry to kill him if given the chance, 
provoked or not?  If Harry didn't kill Voldemort, would the other 
lives that would undoubtably come to an end as a result of 
Voldemort's continued reign not then fall on Harry's shoulders? 

It's not like Voldemort can just be locked up or anything.  He can't 
be put into jail and rehabilitated.  He's not just going to decide 
one day that he doesn't want to try to rule the wizarding world 
anymore.  It's just not going to happen. 

This is not a question of morals anymore.  It is a question of 
survival.  Kill the virus, or succumb to it.  Haven't you seen 28 
Days Later? ;)

~Kate (who, for the record, in case it wasn't clear, won't think of 
Harry as a murderer if he kills Voldemort, whether he intends to or 
not.)