The Cabinet Plan...again (was:Re: The UV (was ESE, DDM, OFH, or Grey?)

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Betsy Hp:
> > > Who did Draco murder?  

a_svirn:
> > No one. I said he stooped to murder, but we all know very well 
> > that he wasn't successful. Or, as Dumbledore said, he 
> > was "lucky". Which actually means that his victims were lucky. 

Betsy Hp:
> I'm still confused.  Who did Draco murder, that we can say he 
> stooped to murder? What lucky victim of Draco's desire to murder 
> are you referring to here?  Because as far as I've read, Draco had 
> the opportunity to murder one person, Dumbledore.  And he chose 
> not to do so.


SSSusan:
I have to say this seems a *wee* bit disingenuous. ;-)  I mean, I 
think it's pretty clear that a_svirn's point is Draco INTENDED to 
murder with his first two plots, and he almost did do so, even if 
the people who ended up almost getting it weren't the person he set 
out to kill.  

It seems to me little more than semantics:  Draco stooped to murder 
vs. Draco stooped to attempted murder.  Isn't it the *intent* which 
was in Draco which mattered?  So he was unsuccessful.  Do we really 
think he was cheering about being unsuccessful those first two 
times, saying to himself, "Yay!  I'm not really a murderer!"?

I think not.  He INTENDED to be a murderer.

Siriusly Snapey Susan