Answer a question, and some speculations about why the Dursleys

[Eric Oppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 21652

The story that "Ku Klux Klan" comes from the sound of cocking a rifle is an
urban legend.  The founders' own tale spoke of the "kuklos" taken from the
Greek.  Keep in mind, the original Klansmen (Reconstruction variety; there
have been quite a few organisations over the years that have used this name)
were quite proud of themselves and what they did.  Sort of like Death Eaters
would be, if Lord Voldemort's cause was seen as a noble failure.

As for why Harry wasn't left with Sirius Black, as a lifelong bachelor I can
tell you that I'd probably be one of the last people that folks would trust
with a baby.  Not because I'm cruel to children, but just because I don't
have any experience with same, and lack "baby-nalia" around the house, which
would be there with the Dursleys. In fact, if I _were_ landed with a baby,
one word to my circle of friends would bring all the experienced mothers
over to my house, mob-handed, to all but snatch the little person away from
me before I did something Stupid And Male.

 I'm sure that if the wizards had known just _how_ hostile the Dursleys
would be to little Harry, and how they would treat him, almost any
alternative would have looked better (wonder how Hagrid would do with a
baby?  My own guess is that after a few all-nighters with a crying child,
he'd have a new name---Hagridden) than the Dursleys.

You know, there's an interesting fanfic in the idea of "what if the Dursleys
were very different?"  Imagine if HP had been raised to the age of eleven,
not by the Dursleys, but by the Corleones!   In that case, LV would wake up
one morning to find Nagini's severed head in his bed.