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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