Catching Up - MAGIC DISHWASHER

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 45354

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "bluesqueak" <pipdowns at e...> 
wrote:

>>You could argue that 
Sirius would be certain to make the right decision where Harry's 
safety is at stake, but what Dumbledore knows is the canon 
point (PoA Ch. 19) that Black has been entrusted with the safety 
of a Potter before, and he blew it
What Dumbledore does is to decide that Black's `right' to 
exoneration has to be put to one side; <<<

 Along with the sacred wishes of the dead (GoF ch 34 and 37) 
and  his own belief in second chances. Are
 you saying that instead of what was right, Dumbledore chose 
what was easy, trusting to  his own power and knowledge to 
protect Harry better than Sirius' love? Is a Dumbledore who 
would allow an innocent man to be pursued by Dementors 
really more realistic or consistent than one who wouldn't, even 
for a moment, permit a guilty person to suffer a moment of 
well-deserved embarrassment?

 For someone who isn't omniscient,  DISHWASHER 
Dumbledore seems arrogantly sure of himself. How can he 
know that no other wizard will be able to hold off Voldemort? 
How can he know  that Voldemort  can either find a way to 
duplicate the Sorcerer's Stone, though no one has managed to 
do it in 600 some odd years, or create for  himself an 
invulnerable body, though no one's ever done that either?

Pippin
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