is there a reason?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 77308

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, IAmLordCassandra at a... wrote:
> Casey writes: 
> 
> 
> > 
> > Sorry if this has been posted before but while I was rereading 
book 3 
> > for about the 200th time (i had lots of time because of the huge 
> > blackout here.. i havent had lights for about 4 hours) I started 
> > thinking, is there a reason besides how they make you feel that 
> > dumbledore hates dementors? i mean does he have bad things in his 
> > past or does he just not like them? i think there has to be 
something 
> > deeper to this... or maybe im just reading too deeply into this, 
i 
> > dont know those four hours without electricty might have made me 
go 
> > insane!
> 
> Cassie:  I've always felt it was because of people's (mainly 
Fudge's) naive 
> trust in them.  I'm not sure where (I'm pretty sure it was GoF), 
but somewhere 
> Dumbledore tells Fudge something along the lines of "They (the 
Dementors) will 
> not remain loyal to you. Voldemort can give them more, 
etc...etc.."  
> 
> Whatever the reasons...they must be very foul for kind, trusting 
Dumbledore 
> to not like them.  


Geoff:

"Preposterous!" shouted Fudge again. "Remove the Dementors! I'd be 
kicked out of office for suggesting it! Half of us only feel safe in 
our beds at night because we know the Dementors are standing guard at 
Azkaban"

"The rest of us sleep less soundly in our beds, Cornelius, knowing 
that you have put Lord Voldemort's most dangerous supporters in the 
care of creatures who will join him the instant he asks them!" said 
Dumbledore. "They will not remain loyal to you, Fudge! Voldemort can 
offer them much more scope for their powers and their pleasures than 
you can!...."

GOF "The Parting of the ways" p.614