What, Voldemort Kill Myrtle ? (Was Re: Moaning Myrtle is Harry's aunt on James's

[rlace2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 167742

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Annemehr" <annemehr at ...> 
wrote:
>
> > > > Paul L. Responds-
> > > >
> > > > Did Voldemort kill Moaning Myrtle or did she die from 
looking 
> at the
> > > > basilisk?
>  
> 
> > > Amiable Dorsai:
> > > If you shoot someone through the heart, did you kill them, or 
was 
> it
> > > that pesky bullet?
> 
> 
> Jordan Abel:
> > Not a good analogy - the nature of a Basilisk is such that he 
> doesn't
> > need to have any specific intent to set it on her for her to die 
> from
> > looking at it.
> > 
> > This is more like, if you're welding, and someone who you weren't
> > expecting comes in without wearing goggles, is their eye damage 
your
> > fault?
> >
> 
> Annemehr:
> Nah.  The Basilisk did not have an innocent purpose, like a 
welding 
> torch does.  Riddle summoned it to kill, and it did.  That's 
murder.
>

Ryan:

True.  Funny, though, how despite several attempts, the basilisk 
apparently only made 1 confirmed kill.

Ryan, who agrees that Voldemort murdered Moaning Myrtle, but thinks 
that the basilisk seems to be a really ineffecient weapon.