[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore/Goats and Cars (OT)

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 1327

Jinx wrote [on Dumbledore]:

OK, maybe that bit was a bit strong.  :)  But I don't think he will be
revealed as evil.  Yes, I know there have been twists involving good
characters turning bad (Quirrell, Moody), but neither was a long-standing
character like Dumbledore.  I don't think he'll go over to Voldemort, it
would just be completely wrong.  He might, however, be removed from the
action at a really inconvenient time, or go the Crouch Sr. route and become
as bad as Voldemort in trying to fight him."

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At the risk of flogging a dead horse, I agree with most of that, but then
that was the thrust of my original point about Dumbledore: not that he might
"go over to Voldemort" - which just reinforces the bizarre idea that
Voldemort has the monopoly on 'badness' - but that he might not turn out to
be such a paragon of virtue.  

One slight correction: Moody didn't turn bad; it was Crouch junior
masquerading as Moody.  

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Aberforth's Goat wrote [before comparing JKR with JRRT]:

"(BTW, Neil: I've noticed that people who think they're cars are often a little
book-challenged.  Besides, you yourself have also admitted to not liking
Phynigan's Whack [hey MSN, is that better??], which proves a fundamental
aesthetic deficit.)"

This from a theologian who poses as a goat?  

But, you are correct, Mike -  my preferred reading is "The Highway Code",
"The Road Atlas of Great Britain" and "40 Ways to Entertain the Kids on Long
Car Journeys".   

Neil

            Flying-Ford-Anglia

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   "Then, dented, scratched and steaming, 
   the car rumbled off into the darkness, 
   its rear lights blazing angrily"

 [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]

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