Vanquishing Voldemort (Nick)

[Sandra]

No: HPFGUIDX 106702

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."
 

David Gabbard added: 
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"? 

Sandra:
This sentence and also DD calling him by his name Tom has also made 
me wonder a lot. 

And there is DD as `the only one he ever feared'. 
Why is that? What is the story between DD and Tom? Is it the CoS, but 
DD could not prove it was Tom, and he was just a teacher then? 

Some posts ago Boyd posted a theory with Slytherin
`possessing' Tom which then led to LV. Very interesting.

Also, if DD is the only one who LV has ever feared, why can DD
`only' withstand LV but can not ultimately vanquish him? 
(A part form the prophecy!)
What does the young Harry have, that the almost omnipotent (some 
posters have even called him god-like) DD has not?
Passion?
Lily's eyes!?  ; ) 

Sandra
who was tempted to merge two threads