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Viliam_Bur comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 28, chapter 99-101 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 17 January 2014 10:52:15AM *  1 point [-]

Quirrel isn't out and out evil the way Voldi is. He simply invented a larger than life character so that he can play the good guy.

Whether Voldemort's persona was or wasn't real, the suffering caused by him was real.

If I would for some reason decide to pretend that I'm Voldemort, and I would kill many people (shooting them by gun while pretending to cast Avada Kedavra), finding out this all was a disguise would prove that I'm not Voldemort, and that Voldemort's professed beliefs don't have to be my actual beliefs... but I would be a horrible person anyway.

Comment author: Vulture 23 February 2014 02:25:53AM 0 points [-]

but I would be a horrible person anyway.

It depends on what your reason for adopting the persona in the first place was.

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