The intended murder of Pettigrew and moral corruption (Was; Vengeance on Sna

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant9998" 
<eggplant9998 at y...> wrote:

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 without Peter's help Voldemort would never 
> have been able to rise again and he would have remained an 
> insubstantial specter, a danger only to rats and snakes in the 
> forests of Albania. This is why stopping Sirius and Lupin from 
> killing Wormtail was the biggest mistake in Harry's entire life.
> 
> Eggplant

imamommy:

I respectfully disagree.  If Harry had not stopped Sirius and Lupin, 
not only would they have become killers, but Harry would have Peter's 
blood on his conscience.  We've seen how Harry has reacted to the 
idea of his killing Voldemort, and if he doesn't deserve it noone 
does.  It's not like Harry says, "Let me call the Knight Bus for you, 
Wormtail, so you can go find your mate Moldy Voldy."  No, the plan to 
hand him over to the Dementors is the wisest course in Harry's mind.  
It's not his fault the plan goes so terribly wrong.  Never does Harry 
seem to regret not killing Wormtail.  I think it would have left 
Harry with a guilt that he would not have been able to get over.  
Harry may make a lot of mistakes, but he can't become what Voldemort 
is:  he can't become a cold-blooded killer.  Because then we would 
just be swapping Harry for Voldemort.  Additionally, I do think 
having set Peter free will be to Harry's benefit in the end, though 
maybe not in a conventional way.  

The other point I would like to make is that I think Voldemort would 
have made it back, eventually, one way or the other.  Yes, Wormtail 
helped him, but he would have managed eventually with or without 
him.  Because even a shred of VM had survived, it was inevitable that 
the WW would have to deal with him.  

Let's get it on.

imamommy