Killing is not necessarily murder and to defeat is not the same thing as to

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No: HPFGUIDX 157164

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Alan Wilson"
<bawilson at ...> wrote:

> Also, note that part of the definition of murder is the killing
> of a HUMAN BEING.  It might be argued that Voldemort is no longer
> human.
>
      This is a good point. If you could make a horcrux by killing a
rat, it would probably be a lot more common. And the defining
characteristic of "human" is "possessing a soul." Does "possessing
one-seventh of a soul" count?

      If it does, Harry's destruction of the diary, and with it
memory-Riddle, would already make him a killer. But memory-Riddle
apparently doesn't count, for example, Harry saw him expire but still
could not see thestrals. Voldemort possesses no more of a soul than
the diary did.

    I can believe that making a horcrux means making yourself no
longer human.

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