Harry unneeded in first book

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 30071

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Aberforth's Goat" <Aberforths_Goat at Y...> 
wrote:
> Marcus blasphemed,
> 
> People only arrive at these silly conclusions because they think 
Dumbledore
> is *good.* The endarkened among us have long since realized that 
Dumbledore
> is, in fact, Evil and is carefully grooming Harry for some Nefarious
> Corruption known only to himself.
> 
> We weren't supposed to catch on - but Dumbledore slipped up when he
> mentioned his yearning for socks - those infamous symbols of Rot 
and Decay.
> 

Of course! That would explain how Dobby (Dumbledore's chief 
henchman), in defiance of House Elf norms, was "fast-tracked" into a 
high-paying (i.e., paying) sinecure at Hogwarts.

  - CMC