Regarding Voldemort being a psychopath

doddiemoemoe doddiemoemoe at yahoo.com
Sat Aug 25 17:05:20 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 176232

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> >
> > 
> > "doddie wrote:
> > 
> > I am happy that you, much like JKR are not arbitrarily 
> > handing out diagnoses. 
> 
> Renee:
> I'm not sure if you're denying that JKR called Voldemort a psychopath
> (if you're not, my apologies), but she did do so in one of her
> interviews.
>
Doddie again:

The point is that being a psychopath is not a diagnosis of a mental 
disorder. I'm not denying what JKR said, just clarifying that calling 
someone a psychopath is not akin to assigning to someone a mental 
disorder.





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