{"id":167674,"date":"2014-01-14T12:50:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T20:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=167674"},"modified":"2014-12-30T12:25:34","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T20:25:34","slug":"newsnight-unaired-voldemort-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/01\/newsnight-unaired-voldemort-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsnight: The Unaired Voldemort Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"
After comparing each other’s countries to Harry Potter nemesis Voldemort, the Chinese and Japanese ambassadors to the U.K. appeared on the BBC’s Newsnight last week<\/a>. The two sat apart, and separately discussed historical grievances and disputed islands with host Jeremy Paxman, but Weibo user maboyong imagined how a face-to-face showdown might have run<\/strong><\/a> (via Liz Carter<\/a>):<\/p>\n <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n Keiichi Hayashi:<\/strong> The function of a horcrux is only to store a part of a dark wizard’s soul. It plays no part in reincarnation. Your analogy doesn’t work.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Liu:<\/strong> Then how do you account for Voldemort’s appearance on the back of Professor Quirrel’s head?<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Hayashi:<\/strong> Professor Quirrel can in no way be considered a kind of horcrux.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Liu:<\/strong> But the entity attached to Quirrel’s body was one of the seven parts of Voldemort’s soul. So strictly speaking, one could consider him a horcrux.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Hayashi:<\/strong>\u00a0“Horcrux” should refer to an object of some kind. Like a diary, a ring, a locket, a golden cup, a diadem, or something.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Liu:<\/strong> So what about Nagini? She was a snake.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Hayashi:<\/strong> A snake has no intelligence. One could classify it as a kind of object.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Liu:<\/strong> And Harry Potter? He also contained a part of Voldemort’s soul. Could he not also be considered a horcrux?<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Hayashi:<\/strong> That was only an accident. Voldemort’s own Avada Kedavra spell rebounded, ripping his soul apart and placing part of it in Harry Potter’s body. It was by no means deliberate\u2026<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Jeremy Paxman:<\/strong> Let’s get back to the Diaoyu Islands dispute\u2026 [Source<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nLiu Xiaoming:<\/strong> Japanese militarism is like Voldemort, and the Yasukuni Shrine is its horcrux. Those who love peace ought to guard against its reincarnation.<\/p>\n