Killing != Murder

[jmwcfo]

No: HPFGUIDX 170948

> Dave:
> > So in  Harry's mind and conscience, killing LV *would* be murder.
> > Granted, I  think he's accepted the necessity of it, but he's not 
> > happy about it;  and I worry about his future emotional state, 
even 
> > if he  survives.
> 
> SSSusan:
> That is a fair point, Dave... an excellent point.  
> Yesterday Kemper mentioned something that I appreciated,  too -- 
that 
> Harry having to kill Voldy might be able to be deemed necessary  
and  
> understandable and all of that, but that he didn't want it to  
happen 
> because it would be sort of like taking that one last bit of  
innocence 
> away from Harry.  I found that a very poignant  statement.
 
> 
> Julie:
> I agree, and that's why do I hope Harry doesn't have to kill  
Voldemort. 
 Harry displayed genuine anguish (at least briefly) over his own  
> miscalculation
> in using a spell with which he was so unfamiliar. He clearly didn't 
intend  
> to kill
> Draco, but was caught up in the moment of defending himself. But...
>  
> It doesn't only matter what Harry intended. What also matters is  
the end 
> result.
> No matter how justified, the end result of killing another person 
is living  
> with that 
> death, forever.   
> I think Harry will also suffer if he has to kill Voldemort. The 
difference  
> though is
> that Voldemort has been and will be trying to kill Harry until the 
end,  
> while Harry
> had no reason (nor do we) to believe Draco had any intent to kill  
him. 


JW:
I believe there is good news for David, SSS and Julie.

Just as DD did NOT kill GW in 1945, and just as there is no evidence 
that the even greater DL of the latter 19th century was killed, there 
is no reason to believew that HP will kill LV.

DLs do not die, they just... suffer worse fates.