Degrees of Evil Was. Re: ESE!Fudge

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 113702

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:

snip.

>But let's
> save "evil" for those who truly deserve the label and find some 
other
> word for those in the middle of the spectrum who have yet to cast 
an
> Unforgiveable Curse or do anything else that the WW itself would
> define as wicked. And that includes holding "racist" (or classist)
> views. There are degrees of wickedness here that IMO should be 
kept in
> perspective.
> 
> Anyone have a suggestion for a word or words other than "evil" 
that we
> can use for these people?



Alla:

And here I was, almost ready to nod my head in agreement with your 
post.
  I still want to nod, but let me just disagree with this particular 
point of yours.
I would put those who hold "racist" views and DOING something about 
it right there with Voldemort and Bella. Yes, yes, people should not 
be punished for the ideas, but see, I learned that almost always 
such views lead to an actions and I would call it evil and nothing 
less than evil.

I already said once that I was very happy that JKR 
mentioned "Natzis", "jews" in her answer about "mudbloods" and "half-
bloods" on the website. At least now I know that JKR intended to 
show exactly the type of RL philosophy which I thought about when I 
am reading about Slytherin and DE ideology.

Of course, it does not mean that people cannot interpret Slytherin 
ideology differently, but at least I think that JKR intent is clear 
on the matter.

Alla,

who promises to think about the word for Sirius and Snape for 
Carol. :)