Bang! You're Dead. (was:Voldemorts animus...)

[Berit Jakobsen]

No: HPFGUIDX 86266

Julie wrote:

> Dumbledore doesn't strike me as the kind of person who
> pushes his ideas off on other people. He guides and
> instructs, but rarely commands. Like at the
> end-of-the-year feast in GoF, he doesn't look directly
> at Malfoy and say, "You've picked the losing side!"
> That's a tactic of the dark side, where they bully,
> threaten and control. This is what makes him so
> powerful, his remarkable love and respect for
> everyone, and a willingness to give people second
> chances.
> 
> There are tons of examples of DD's "looking the other
> way." When he finds Harry staring into the Mirror of
> Erised he doesn't tell him off for being out of bed
> and out of bounds, but rather uses the prime teaching
> moment. When Harry was talking smack about "that
> Skeeter cow" DD looked at the ceiling and became
> momentarily deaf to what Harry was saying.
> 
> Whether or not he disapproved of using Unforgivables,
> I don't think he would mandate that the Order agree
> with him. (Look at Mundungus, obviously a crook, but
> we never hear DD's feelings about that, just that he
> uses Dung's already well-placed ears)

Berit replies:

I think we agree Julie! because of Dumbledore's high standards, he 
would object to the uses of unforgivable curses, but that doesn't 
mean he forces his views on others or "hijacks" the Ministry to bully 
them into doing things his way. He doesn't force his views on others, 
but that doesn't mean he doesn't have any... I think Dumbledore (as 
any responsible citizen in a democrazy has the right to do) did argue 
and reason with Crouch like he argued and reasoned with Fudge in book 
4 and 5. I'm sure the WW and the MoM knew about Dumbledore's stand on 
certain issues; he didn't keep it a secret.

Berit