Where does Dumbledore get off?

[flying_meese]

No: HPFGUIDX 74460

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cetuaq" <cetuaq at y...> wrote:
> You'll have to excuse me if this subject has been beaten to death 
> already. But where does Dumbledore get off deciding to take Harry 
to 
> the Dursleys when the Potters have designated Sirius as his 
guardian? 
> 
> Sirius was already there and ready to take custody of Harry. 
Hagrid 
> grabbed the kid and disappeared with him for 18 hours, and 
Sirius's 
> reaction was to go and try to kill Pettigrew and then end up in 
> Azkaban for 12 years. 
> 
> If Dumbledore hadn't stepped in, wouldn't Harry and Sirius both 
have 
> been better off? And as for protecting Harry from Voldy, wouldn't 
the 
> invisible House of Black have worked just as well as Old Magic? 
And 
> am I the only one who finds Dumbledore's explanation insufficient 
> when balanced against 14 years of abuse by the Dursleys?

Well Hagrid wasn't about to disobey orders from DD, so we can forget 
about Sirius getting Harry at that instant. As for after DD gets 
Harry from Hagrid, I would imagine DD gets off not giving Harry to 
Sirius because at that time he was the betrayer of Harry's parents 
and depending on the exact timeline he may have been the murderer 
that he went to Azkaban for being. DD didn't know that the Secret 
Keeper had been changed from Sirius to Peter. 

If DD hadn't stepped in and Sirius took Harry who knows what might 
have happened because I would imagine that the Order would put 
together a massive manhunt for the person who was responsible for 
the betrayal of the Potters and the kidnapping of Harry. And who 
knows what might have happened to Sirius if the Order or Aurors 
caught up with him.