In defense of Dumbledore (was In defense of Snape)

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No: HPFGUIDX 19376

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> Barbara wrote:
> 
> >  Thank you!  I've always thought that Dumbledore
> >  probably knew exactly what was going on.  He doesn't
> >  like to tip his hand.
> 
> Jami wrote:
>  
> > But this infers that Dumbledore knew that Quirrell was trying to 
> kill Harry, 
> > and didn't do anything. I don't want to go there.
> 
> Hi, Jami!  Welcome to the wonderful world of HPforGU!
> 
> I'm not entirely comfortable going there either, but Harry himself 
> surmises that it's more or less the case, and is a lot more 
> comfortable with it than I am:
> 
	I wouldn't say Dumbledore didn't do anything! Snape, Hagrid and 
McGonagall and Firenze were all watching Harry like a hawk.  Attacking  
Quirrel prior to his attempt on the Stone would have done Dumbledore no 
good. Voldemort would simply have abandoned Quirrel and returned in 
some other form, putting Harry and The Stone in even greater danger. 
	Dumbledore allows Harry to get into risky situations, but if he 
didn't, if he sheltered Harry instead, would Harry have been prepared 
to resist Voldemort in GoF? 
Pippin