Dumbledore; McGonagall & Dementor

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No: HPFGUIDX 33417

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny & Bryce <pennylin at s...> wrote:

> > I mean, what does Dumbledore *do*?  Other than head up banquets, 
> > and possibly do administrative things behind closed doors.  


I'm hoping we find out that Dumbledore teaches a few classes of the 
most advanced students... specialized conjuring, or something.  Or 
perhaps he does private coaching. Otherwise, I do think it is a waste 
to have a great wizard be *just* a figurehead and administrator.

 
> > And, No, I don't think that {McGonagall} should be blamed for what 
> > happened with Crouch, Jr.  I recall we had a debate about that subject 
> > a few mths back, and sorry Cindy, but I agree with the folks who pointed
> > out that *Snape* was equally culpable in that affair in that he should 
> > have put his foot down *outside* the castle (refused to allow Fudge to 
> > bring a dementor into the castle at all).  What exactly was McGonagall 
> > supposed to do? The Dementor probably acted so quickly that she didn't 
> > have time to react.  I might also add that Snape also didn't react to 
> > stop the dementor from administering the Kiss, and he was standing right 
> > there with McGonagall & Fudge presumably.


This probably came up in your previous debate, but couldn't 
McGonagall have conjured a Patronus?  We see Lupin and Dumbledore 
doing it at different times in PoA, and I hate that it makes 
McGonagall look bad that she couldn't stop the dementor.


Barbara