Villains in potterverse

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No: HPFGUIDX 116116


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
> IMO, the scary thing about Voldemort is that he's very good at  
> getting  decent people to cross that line. As Sirius says, 
> "he can control people so that they do terrible things without 
> being able to stop themselves."--GoF 27.  Like Sauron's ring, he 
> has the power to corrupt people of strength and good purpose.
> 
> 
> Look at Ginny. She didn't know what she was doing at first but 
> she knew the Diary was dangerous when she threw it away.   Yet 
> she stole it back, willingly putting herself into the power of 
> Slytherin's Heir. Her belief that no decent person could be made 
> to do what she'd already done made her think no decent person 
> could forgive her.
> 

Alla:

Good point. I actually find Tom Riddle to be quite scary, more scary 
than Vodemort. I don't feel that they are one and the same. What he 
did to Ginny was horrible , but from the writing I don't feel that 
Voldemort can do the same, even despite him actually possessing Harry 
at the end of OOP.

I don't think that Ginny was really doing anything WILLINGLY in CoS, 
despite her saying to the contrary.

I think Tom messed up with her head a lot.

I think there is a line decent people won't cross ON THEIR OWN. 
Threats of torture or threats to their loved ones, or possession do 
not count.