"Stand aside, girl!"

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No: HPFGUIDX 162236

Deeblite:
<SNIP> Or it could be a chivalry type thing.  He doesnt want to kill
> women unless he really needs to.  I know, Bertha Jorkins, but
> he "needed" to do that.

Voldemort didn't "need" to kill Bertha. He'd extracted the memories
he needed from her and her mind was mush. He could have just let her
wander aimlessly. Someone could have found her and she'd have been
spending her days in St. Mungos being cared for like the
Longbottoms. But no, he just killed her. She was no longer of any
use to him, so he 'dicarded' her, like some object.

There are so many accounts of Voldemort killing for killing's sake.
He ENJOYS it! Look at the very beginning chapter in HBP! He causes
the bridge in England to collapse "sending a dozen cars into the
watery depths of the river below". He causes the 'Hurricane' in the
West Country that destroys people and property.

Voldemort has absolutely no regard for human life at all. He didn't
have to kill Cedric, but he does. Didn't have to kill all the
helpless muggles in the years before his attack on Harry that took
away his powers. But he did, without batting an eye or a inkling of
remorse.

There are two things on Volemort's agenda - evil and destruction. He
destroys anyone and anything that stands in the way of what he
wants. Even his so-called 'friends'.

Jenni from Alabama