Gandalf and Dumbledore 9(WAS: More Old Hat...)

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., prefectmarcus at y... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Herald Talia <heraldtalia at j...> wrote:
> >  As far as the truth that goes, Dumledore agrees to tell Harry 
> as much of
> > it as he possibly can and we, IMHO, believe him. I wouldn't 
believe
> > Gandalf if he said something similar. His purposes are too alien, 
> he's
> > not of Middle Earth and his idea of "truth" and mine may not be 
the 
> same.
> 
> I can't think of any instance where once could seriously fault 
Gandalf 
> for not revealing enough.  Can you?

Not to be nitpicky, but the whole premise of the Hobbit is that 
Gandalf presses Bilbo into a trip without giving Bilbo ANY notice and 
hardly any informationabout what dangers Bilbo will be facing.

  
> And in spite of all their simularities, they are still two distinct 
> individuals with different personalities.  One would never confuse 
> the two.  They are what they are.
> 
 I could not agree more.

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