[HPforGrownups] Re: The Final Confrontation

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 128272

>There's been so much suffering already
>and I'm not too hot on vengeance and torture. I'd rather he just die
>and call it a day; it would be punishment enough for Voldie because
>he's so attached to living. Forcing him to live with no magical power
>would amount to torture.

Interestingly enough, there are those who feel that this is an appropriate 
fate for *Harry.*  Whereas I think forcing Harry to live with no magical 
powers, now that he's had them and they're a part of his life, *would* 
amount to torture.  (Why do you think Filch is so deranged? He has to watch 
everyone else doing and learning things he can never do, all day long, over 
and over again.  Now think how much worse it would be for Harry, because he 
*could* once do all those things, if he lost the ability.)

But as for Voldemort, there are people who feel that letting him live would 
be merciful, but only if he's no longer a danger to the world at large.  
Which means he has to be rendered powerless, because that's the only way to 
insure that he won't do it all over again in another few decades.  (And in 
fact I'm not sure I'd trust him even then.  First of all, Muggles can cause 
a whole lot of trouble without magic, and I'm sure Voldemort knows this.  
Second of all, powers that can be removed can possibly be restored.)

Hmm. Maybe you're right.  For the safety of both worlds, Voldemort should 
probably die, and his body should be cremated or dissolved in acid (Snape 
probably knows some good ones) and the acid or ashes should be taken far out 
to sea and dumped overboard.  And until this is done, the body should be 
under trustworthy guard so it isn't spirited away by Death Eaters.


Janet Anderson