[HPforGrownups] Is Dumbledore Detached?

[srsiriusblack at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 49535

In a message dated 09/01/2003 17:33:35 Eastern Standard Time, 
christopher_g_nuttall at hotmail.com writes:


> I don't believe that Dumbledore is evil in the sense that he means harm to 
> everyone, but could he, due to his great age (Have we seen any of his 
> comtempories?) have grown a little detached from the WW?  Perhaps he does 
> not take the threat of Voldemort quite seriously or sees it as a chance to 
> be 'entertained' by events.

I think that plenty of examples are provided to show that Dumbledore is quite 
progressive and understands the impact that Lord Voldemort's return will have 
on the WW. Dumbledore, being the only wizard that Vold. feared, who has 
always led the righteous fight against V., and who has always taken the 
rumours and statements of the WW in regard to V's return very seriously, is 
imho, very unlikely to be 'entertained' by the events to come. 

Dumbledore has great strength and understanding, and while I truly believe he 
has an awesome sense of humour, would find it horribly disappointing if he 
were to find humour in anything related to the rising of Voldemort again. 
Dumbledore knows what the WW is up against, and he also knows, as he shows in 
the last chapters of GoF, what needs to be done to hinder Voldemort until he 
can be dealt with as necessary.

-Snuffles
"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty 
recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the 
dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with 
open eyes, to make it possible. This I did."  T.E. Lawrence- Seven Pillars of 
Wisdom


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