[HPforGrownups] Is Dumbledore Detached?

[srsiriusblack at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 49586

In a message dated 10/01/2003 19:55:44 Eastern Standard Time, 
katydid3500 at yahoo.com writes:


> IMHO, I think
> it's an insult to Dumbledore and all the wisdom and
> character that we have seen of him to even suggest
> that he's disillusioned about the threat of LV or that
> he would *ever* find humor in the events.
> 

Completely agreed here. The scene in GoF to which you refer about Dumbledore 
speaking to the students about Cedric and Harry makes me burst into tears 
every time I read it. We talk a lot about Dumbledore's wisdom, strength, and 
sense of humour in this group, but we also need to remember his unfading 
compassion for everyone. Truthfully, I think he even shows compassion for 
Voldemort. It is in Dumbledore's understanding of each person in his life 
where the compassion can be seen.
-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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