Questions for parents...(Sirius)

[mkaliz]

No: HPFGUIDX 73610

I said:

> > However, doing something out of love doesn't preclude the 
> possibility
> > that he acted irresponsibly. The two things aren't mutually 
> exlusive. 

Marina then said:
 
> Why, exactly was it irresponsible for Sirius to go?  Yes, he got 
> killed (at least for now <G>) as a result, but it was a pitched 
> battle between the Order and a bunch of DEs.  Everyone who went 
> stood a good chance of getting killed.  If Bellatrix had blasted 
> Lupin or Moody through that archwaybehaved, would everyone be saying
that 
> it was irresponsible for them to have come along and they should've 
> stayed home where it was safe?

My only problem with your statement is that I never claimed that
Sirius *was* being irresponsible. If you read later in my post, I
state that I am actually agnostic on the question of if he acted
irresponsibly or not. I have no opinion on the subject at all. 

However, the previous poster set up an "either-or" kind of situtation:
either Sirius acted out of love for Harry *or* he was being
irresponsible, I was merely pointing out--using Lupin's behavior in
PoA as an example--that the two need not be mutually exclusive.

--kai