Being Good and Evil

[Kellie and Lady J]

No: HPFGUIDX 154755

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> Magpie:
> I would never say that we as readers can't see a clear difference, 
> but this "Those of us not raised by a corrupt, racist, abusive, 
> slave-holding, boot-licking murderer may have a different view of 
> life" is the whole point. One isn't really an objectively better 
> person just for being smart enough to be not raised by corrupt, 
> racist, abusive, slave-holding, boot-licking murderers.  There are 
> tons of people like that in the world who grow up into corrupt, 
> racist, abusive, slave-holding (heh--like Harry?), boot-licking
> (wonder if any of the heroes seem that way to some?) murderers.  
> Honestly, most people go through life never challenging the 
> morality that they were taught growing up--it's rare.  And yet 
> still they often talk about their morality as if it's something 
> they earned or figured out themselves, unlike those other people 
> who think differently.
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Kellie now:
I apologize.  I meant to snip that part about the us being raised 
by people who aren't slave owners and things like that.  I don't 
agree with that.  Often, people who are raised in loving homes, 
with no abuse of any kind grow up to do terrible things.

How often have we heard, he came from a good family, I don't know 
what caused him to kill someone.

I wonder what Draco is going to do in the next book.  If he will 
question what he has been taught all his life. I don't like Draco, 
for how he is, but I did pity him at teh end of Halfblood Prince.  
The fact that he wasn't able to kill Dumbledore, proves, to me, 
that he isn't all bad.  Misguided perhaps.

Kellie