[HPforGrownups] Re: Vanquishing Voldemort (Nick)

[David Gabbard]

No: HPFGUIDX 106673

Suzanne Chiles wrote:
As Dumbledore says in
> OoTP:
> 
> "We both know there are other ways of destroying a man, Tom ... 
Indeed, your failure to understand that has always been your greatest 
weakness."
> 
> I am beginning to think that Dumbledore and/or Harry will find a 
way for Harry to kill Lord Voldemort, leaving merely a old, broken, 
Tom Riddle.  In this way, Harry fulfills the prophecy but does not 
commit murder. 

David Gabbard: 
I'm glad you brought this quotation back up to the surface - What is Dumbledore referring to when he says "We both know there are other ways of destroying a man..."  Why/What do they BOTH know? Have either one of them already destroyed a man in a way worse than killing him? Did Bellatrix just do that to Sirius? Is Dumbledore referring to "vapormort"? 
 
I firmly believe JKR writes more questions than answers.