Was Tom Riddle, Sr. Selfish?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 148614

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...>
wrote:
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> Carol responds:
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> We have no evidence that Tom Sr. was similar to Cedric in any
> way except that he, too, was handsome. ... but where is the 
> evidence that Tom Sr. offered it (help)? ...edited...
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> Carol, whose sympathies lie mostly with Merope and who wonders
> what Tom Sr. would have thought of his look-alike son had he 
> chosen to raise him
>

bboyminn:

Before we go too far eulogizing poor Tom Sr, let us look at what GoF
has to say about him and his family.

"Riddle had been rich, snobbish, and rude, and their grown-up son,
 Tom, had been, if anything, worse."

So, the Riddles definitely had a 'superior' attitude, and were well
aware of their wealth and status. 

Now that doesn't in any way excuse what happened to them. But let's
not paint them as saints in death when they never came close in life.

Just a small point.

Steve/bboyminn