[HPforGrownups] Re: Philosophy of Dumbledore (was:Moody's death...)

[Marion Ros]

No: HPFGUIDX 179565

Mus said:
>>>>My problem isn't that I have to figure out what is Good and what is
Evil, rather that there's no coherent answer to that question in the
books. I have no objection to a universe with no answer to that
question, but in that case I think it's wise for the author not to
tell me there's Good and Evil. It's contradictory. So either JKR is
being astonishingly cynical, or she never thought the thing through to
begin with.

Mus, who doesn't expect anyone to agree with her.<<<<


Marion:

Mus, I agree with you. Totally.

I'm also very amused by the fact that Quirell's remark about Voldemort teaching him that 'there is no Good or Evil, only Power'  is exactly what Harry is being taught by DD in DH and the readers are being taught in the space of seven books. There is no Good or Evil in the Potterverse, only those who have powerful friends, a powerful wand and 'really mean it when they want to torture people'.

Cynical? The woman wouldn't recognise cynical if it dropped on her head.... Harry is her alter ego, after all. 'Not thinking things through' sounds more like it.. 

(all in my opinion, of course)

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