[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore is NOT a relative (was Where did the Nimbus 2000 come from?)

[Jake Storm]

No: HPFGUIDX 36941

>From: "Laura Huntley" <huntleyl at mssm.org>
> >From: Jake Storm:
> >So, in essence, he was saving Harry from the fickle finger of fame.
>Yes, but doesn't that strike you as a little...weak?  I mean, subjecting a 
>child to that kind of emotional deprivation and well, torture?  Just so he 
>won't get a big head?  Lots of kids in Harry's position would have turned 
>out awful -- antisocial, cruel, unable to connect with other human beings.  
>It seems alot to risk for such an insignificant reason.

Yes, but Dumbledore, while wise, is not omniscent. He couldn't know (to the 
best of our knowledge) that the Dursleys were going to be cruel to Harry. He 
had no idea just how xenophobic and awful they would end up. In most any 
other circumstance, you'd have nobody gainsay you if you said "The boy's 
only family are an aunt and uncle, already raising a child of similar age. 
He should go there." We're only speaking with hindsight.

J


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