Marietta/On Children and the Other

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> Magpie:
> I don't think tolerance ever has to do with thinking someone is a 
> wonderful person or with applauding all their choices. As a reader 
I 
> know I would still have compassion for him, since I alredy do. But 
> you don't have to like anyone. Ginny Weasley is on the right side, 
> but I can still hate her just as you can hate Draco--I don't 
applaud 
> all her choices.
> 
> But it's still better, imo, if you can have some understanding of 
> the other person, even if you dislike them--though I think 
> understanding the person often makes it harder to hate them. (Not 
> always, but sometimes.) I hope Harry makes some strides in this 
> direction. I mean, it wouldn't be so great if we had Harry just 
> allowing the inferior people to help out with Voldemort while still 
> mentally seeing them as a different breed than his friends and 
> himself. There are always going to be people he doesn't like and 
> even people he can't respect because of their beliefs, but I think 
> he can still gain more understanding than the kind he has now. 
> Again, I'd think the list makes that clear. We don't all have the 
> same reactions to the characters or to individual actions. If we 
> were in the books ourselves we'd bring those different points of 
> view with us. 


Alla:

I am talking only about unrepentant Voldemort supporters. Those who 
kill and torture for whatever reasons they have.

I mean, I am not saying that Harry and any of the good guys should go 
out and kill them for sport.

But understand their reasons? I mean, if they wish to study 
psychopaths for a living, maybe. Otherwise, why?

Again, I am not talking about simply liking or disliking the person.

Why do they need to understand their reasons for killing and torture?

To me, they are not going to become worse people or better people if 
they could care less, frankly.

Do you know what I am saying? I think we had shown plenty of normal 
people whom Harry and Co should understand better. Like Zach Smith 
doubting Harry for example, something like that.

If former DE is remorseful, same thing, you know?

But if not, why?

Like if Malfoy comes to the right side, I sincerely doubt that he is 
going to like Harry and vice versa, that is totally understandable.

They then IMO should live and let live. But if Malfoy would practice 
killing and torture for living, what understanding?




JMO,

Alla