Dumbledore casting memory charms? (Was: The Prank, )

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 38537

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Susanne <siskiou at e...> wrote:

> > I believe it was in a fit of impatience that Sirius told him about
the tree, 
> > but I wonder if he thought that Snape would run to the Headmaster
to report 
> > what he saw - requiring Dumbledore to  perform a memory charm on
him, which 
> > would make life a bit better for the group, but also relieve their
anxiety 
> > about Dumbledore's discovery of their animagic powers. 
> 
> Would Dumbledore really perform a memory charm on a student
> who found out about the tree?
> 
> And should he?

I definitely don't think he should, but then I'm with the camp that
thinks the WW's casual use of memory charms on Muggles is extremely
wrong.  

Nor do I think Dumbledore would've done it.  After all, he could've
used a memory charm to make Snape forget all about the Prank, but he
didn't.

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com