DD's failure to kill Voldemort at MOM

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 128222

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gelite67" <gelite67 at y...> 
wrote:
> O.K., this really bothers me.  Why didn't DD try to kill Voldemort 
at the MOM in OOP?
> 


Tonks:
DD does not kill LV for many reasons. The main one is that DD is a 
wise and holy man.  He knows that to AK someone only bring move evil 
back into the world and transforms the killer into the same type of 
person that he killed.  ("do not return evil for evil" was said by 
Jesus for a reason.  And it is repeated in other religions as well.  
Even real witches (Wicca) today say "the evil you send out will come 
back to you 3 fold".)

So there is a valid reason not to resort to the same type of tactics 
that LV uses.  We often hear folks tell us not to stoop to the same 
level as our enemies.  Enemies such as LV expect others to use the 
same methods that they use.  And if we do use the same methods, they 
win.  DD knows this.  DD knows it better than anyone because he has 
seen much in his 150+ years.  

DD knows that there are other ways to defeat LV.  And I am sure that 
we, along with Harry, will learn them in the books to come.

Tonks_op