Voldemort good/bad. Was: Twisted Irony

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No: HPFGUIDX 138693

> 
> Rebecca:
> > I believe that, had Harry and Tom traded places at birth, Harry 
> > would still have been 'good', and Tom would still have been 'bad'.
> 
> I believe that JKR will not leave us with this conclusion. I think
> those fifteen months Harry had a loving mother and Tom didn't are
> going to turn out to be very important in terms of "culpability". I
> keep thinking that word or concept is going to come up again; I think
> we may see some philosophy on crime and punishment play a part in
> certain characters' fates, considering JKR's past and current ties to
> Amnesty International.
> 
> Sandy aka msbeadsley
> 
Interesting sideline here: See Dr. Robert Hare on whether psychopaths
are born or made. (He maintains that the basic psychopathic
personality is inborn, but its manifestation is affected by nurture.)

--Gatta