Snape: ESE or DDM?

[Lydia French]

No: HPFGUIDX 167147

> Lynda:
> 
> I think its going a bit far to say that murder splits the sould in 
every
> instance. If that were true Lord Thingy would not have had to go to 
Slughorn
> for information on horcruxes when he was a student at Hogwarts. 
That it does
> terrible damage to the soul in every instance I will buy. That's 
truth. The
> next question then is, if someone asks another person to kill them 
under
> certain circumstances, is that a murder? Or is that simply carrying 
out a
> request that was asked to be performed under certain circumstances?
> 
> And, yes, I also fall into the Harry killing Voldy does not equate 
murder
> camp.

firefly responds:
Lord V needed Slughorn specifically to learn the way to store the 
shattered piece of his soul outside of his body for safe keeping, ie: 
the Horcrux Spell. I don't understand what you mean when you say "he 
would not have had to go to Slughorn for information on horcruxes". 
The horcrux spell itself doesn't split the soul, IMO, committing the 
murder does that. The horcrux spell moves the piece from your body to 
another item. It's a very complicated and rarely known spell that Tom 
most definately needed help learning. 
And in JKR's world, I don't believe that, other than in defense of 
your own life or the life of another, there are ever situations when 
a person can willingly and knowingly take the life of another and it 
not be murder. That is exactly what we are being asked to believe 
that Snape did and that is why I don't believe that DD would ever ask 
that of a friend.  
firefly