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

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 167751

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jordan Abel" <random832 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> > 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.
> 
> It's an animal, it doesn't have to have any kind of purpose. And we
> don't know what was going through Riddle's mind, whether the intent to
> use it to kill had formed prior to that moment
> 
> --Random832
>

Hickengruendler:

What do you think he wanted to do with it? Taking it for a walk? The 
Basilisk is said to be the Deadliest creature, and Riddle searched for 
the Chamber for years, because he wanted to finish Salazar Slytherin's 
work, as he called it himself. Salazar Slytherin's work, according to 
the legend, was to rid Hogwarts of all Muggleborns. There can be no 
doubt about Tom Riddle's intentions.