More thought about Draco.

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 129696

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nrenka" <nrenka at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
> <gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > In COS, Dumbledore famously remarked that it is not our 
abilities 
> > which make us what we are but our choices.
> 
> Sorry to do this, but you hit my absolute pet peeve misquote.
> 
> Dumbledore says that our choices SHOW what we are.  Not make.  
Show.


Geoff:
Allow me to remind you that I said I have not got my HP books 
immediately to hand. I think I have a reputation of normally quoting 
correctly.

Also, our choices do show what we are /making/ of ourselves.


Nora:
> Our choices reveal our character and our virtues; they reveal the 
> results of our intentions as well as something about the 
intentions 
> themselves.  This seems to me to point towards this virtue 
> ethics/character centered morality where choices are illustrative, 
> not defining.
> 
> What this means for Draco is that his choices are SHOWING 
something 
> about what he is, his character.  And so far it doesn't look too 
> good--and now is the time for his choices to further show what 
> intentions he has.

Geoff:
I also said that I believe, speaking as a Christian, that no person 
is irredeemable.

If we all analysed what our choices have /shown/ about us through 
our lives, I think we would all quietly get up, turn out the lights 
and tiptoe away.....