LV never loved anyone
tylerswaxlion
ctcasares at sbcglobal.net
Thu Aug 19 00:48:41 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 110579
Pam <pcaehill2 at s...> wrote:
> We shape our choices, and our choices shape us. Even if one is
> raised without love, the loveless choices one makes (and continues
> to make) or refrains from doing (and continues to refrain from
> doing) also shape us. I believe that these lifelong choices are
> what distinguishes Harry from Voldemort, more than their infant
> experiences.
I agree that their choices matter. Even though I believe Voldemort
is a psychopath, that doesn't excuse his behavior or his choices.
It doesn't exempt him from his due punishment. It just explains why
he would make those choices.
I am a big believer in free will.
Although, I have to wonder if messing around with all those ESE!
immortality spells/charms created a point of no return. I can
imagine the possibility of a Tom Riddle/Voldemort who out of fear
and self-preservation (not a feeling of morality/good/evil) "redeems"
himself--not that *I* would trust him! But I don't think that
Voldemort is wholly human anymore, and if he's not human, does he
still have free will?
Tyler's Lion--who's falling more and more into the Changeling!
Harry/twinned souls camp.
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