Sirius - who is right?

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 73866

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "marinafrants" <rusalka at i...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wanda Sherratt" 
> <wsherratt3338 at r...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "marinafrants" 
> <rusalka at i...> 
> > wrote:
> > > 
> > > But that's exactly what Dumbledore did order Sirius to do.  To 
> sit
> > > around and do nothing, while Harry was in danger and the rest 
of 
> > the
> > > Order were out risking their lives.  And the rationale behind 
> it?  
> > To
> > > preserve Sirius' physical safety.  "We don't need you, we just 
> > need 
> > > your house.  If you insist on sticking around, do some dusting 
> or 
> > > something. But hey, look at the bright side, at least you're 
> > *safe*!"
> > > 
> > Well, he certainly doesn't have to put up with *that* taunt 
> > anymore.  I would have thought that just staying alive for 
Harry's 
> > sake might have been worth something to Sirius.  
> 
> Given that Sirius sat in that house for a year, I'd say it meant a 
> hell of a lot to him.  He left only when Harry's life was in 
> immediate danger.  As others have pointed out, the Order members 
> were seriously outnumbered by the DEs in that confrontation.  
> Staying alive for the sake of your kid becomes kind of meaningless 
> if the kid himself is dead.
> 
> 
> > By the way, when Snape wanted him to stay at GP and let the 
others 
> > go the MoM, he wasn't suggesting it just to be a bastard.  If I 
> > recall, he wanted Sirius there to tell Dumbledore what was going 
> > on.  Since Sirius wouldn't stay, nobody was there when Dumbledore 
> > did arrive, except Kreacher. So instead of getting the news 
> > instantly, he had to drag it out of an unwilling House Elf. How 
> long 
> > did that take?  Twenty minutes?  It certainly slowed Dumbledore 
> > down.  If not for Sirius leaving the place unmanned, he might 
have 
> > gotten there before the DEs were running amok, torturing Neville 
> and 
> > generally causing havoc.
> 
> All of which could've been achieved if somebody had just thought to 
> owl Dumbledore a note.  
> 
> Marina
> rusalka at i...

This communication breakdown makes me wonder...If, as Dumbledore 
said, the members of the Order have some sort of secure 
communications with which to contact each other, did Dumbledore not 
have access to this when he got word about the kids going to the 
Ministry?  It seems obvious that he couldn't talk to any of the Order 
members who were already on their way to the MoM.  If he did, he 
would not have had to bother with Kreacher.  

Marianne