muggle baiting vs. muggle torture

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 155207

> houyhnhnm:
> 
> This is what bothers me about defining goodness merely 
> as being on the "right" side.  If all petty meanness, 
> selfishness, etc., can be overlooked as long as one 
> opposes Voldemort, what happens when Voldemort is 
> defeated.  How will it be possible to distinguish good 
> from bad when LV is no longer around.  With this system 
> of morality, you have to have a Dark Lord.  You will 
> always have to have a Dark Lord.
>

Alla:

Yes, I agree, petty meanness and selfishness should not be overlooked 
even in one who opposes Voldemort. Even if his name starts 
with "S". :)

To me though in Potterverse goodness is defined not just being on the 
right side, but in general being on the right side as adhering to the 
right values, as Pippin remarked earlier.

I guess I agree with her on that.
Also IMO as long as in general you show what JKR constitutes as 
a "virtue" on the big scale of things, your lesser mistakes are 
overlooked often.

JMO,

Alla