Be nice to Gandalf (Was: Dumbledore, Gleam & Gandalf)

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., prefectmarcus at y... wrote:

>I rather suspect that Gandalf and Dumbledore would be fast friends.

I think you are right, to the extent that they have more in common 
than they do in difference.  Moreover, thinkers and feelers need each 
other, precisely because they each have different qualities that the 
other lacks.  The same is true for the open-ended, unscheduled P 
types, who need a solid responsible Judging type to help make sure 
their big picture views become concrete reality, and on schedule.  
Our ability to meld our differences to create a more complete whole 
is what makes things happen.

The better part of your question remains, what is acceptable in 
fighting evil?  To risk the lives of innocents, to sacrifice oneself, 
or to let evil win becase you can't decide?  If innocent lives are 
lost, but the evil destroyed, does the end justify the means?

In these regards, as you rightly point out, both Dumbledore and 
Gandalf are more than happy to use lesser talents than themselves as 
hapless pawns in the game of world domination, while they behave like 
kings, too valuable to lose.  Ain't politics grand?

4FR