Riddle's popularity/Dumbledore and evil (was re: Dicussion Question #2)

[Bugeater93 at aol.com]

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Shayla wrote:
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as for Dumbledore himself, I have to disagree with your comment about him 
knowing that Tom Riddle had framed Hagrid. Dumbledore really appears in the 
books to be omniscient, but there is ,
clear evidence that he is not. he did not know about mwpp being animagi
and he didn't realize his own defense against the dark arts teacher was an 
imposter for *months*. no, the man may be very aware of what happens within 
his school, but he does not know everything. he may very well have 
*suspected* that there was something amiss with Tom riddle, but with a 
complete lack of evidence in Hagrid's defense, and probably with the 
opinion of the school board about teaching a half giant anyway, he may have 
had no choice.
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>From what I've gathered reading chat transcripts and theories, etc...I 
actually believe Dumbledore's so-called 'omniscience' has to do specifically 
with his office.  So, maybe Dumbedore's office has special properties that 
let him see into other rooms or listen to conversations within the Hogwart's 
grounds?  That way, whenever Dumbledore is out of his office, he misses 
things that happen, like perhaps Riddle's framing of Hagrid.  And this could 
explain other things he's missed, too, like the Marauder's being animagi and 
Crouch Jr's impersonation of Moody.  After all, Dumbledore is a busy man and 
doesn't have time to snoop for hours on end.  He probably only snoops when he 
has specific suspicions, or if he just wants to check up on someone, like 
Harry.

                                                                              
   ~Michelle


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