Harry v. Tom (was: LV never loved anyone)

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No: HPFGUIDX 110556

Julie:
> We know Voldemort is clearly missing something integral, though we
> can't say whether it is inborn (nature) or environmentally 
influenced
> (nurture), though it's likely a combination of both. Human beings 
are
> extremely complex, and, at least for the moment, we're nowhere 
close
> to understanding how genes, inborn personality traits, and
> environmental influences (affection, poverty, nutrition, 
chemicals, ad
> infintum) mix to affect each individual.
> 
> One thing I would ask is, if Voldemort is a psychopath, and has 
been
> one since Tom Riddle was very young, did he really *have* a choice?

SSSusan:
One more on this, before I pack it in.  This may well be the crux of 
it, Julie.  Since JKR called him a psychopath, then the question is 
whether JKR's use of "psychopath" coincides with the clinical 
view...and if it does, then why did she also say he made the "wrong 
choices"??

Siriusly Snapey Susan