Power vs Morality (LV never knew love)

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 110468

Tonks_op wrote :
"The only thing that a therapist can do is to teach the person the
consequences of their behavior on themselves.  For example:  "If you
kill someone for his CD player you will go to jail, and you will not
like being in jail, therefore it might be best not to kill anyone.""

Del replies :
But unfortunately LV got over that kind of restriction by making sure
he was so powerful that nobody could ever punish him for his actions.
As we know, DD is the only one LV was ever afraid of, presumably
because DD is precisely the only one that can enforce consequences on
LV's actions.

Tonks_op wrote : 
"There are much deeper questions about Voldemort and his behavior. I 
don't like to think that he can't be redeemed, especially given that
he is not wholly to blame for his situation."

Del replies :
I agree. That's why I was so disturbed by JKR's answer that Tom never
loved : because it makes things infinitely more complicated in my mind.

I'd like it if he could be redeemed, but then how could he ? It would
take a miracle to change his personality completely and then he
wouldn't be himself anymore. So LV, as LV, cannot be redeemed. Maybe
Tom could have been helped, back when he was a kid, but I guess it was
already too late by the time he was 15. Which is completely in
contradiction with DD's statement about choices. But then I never
liked that statement, having experienced in my own life that it is
simply not true.

Del