OOP What is Dumbledore's flaw???????? spoiler

[zenchela]

No: HPFGUIDX 63712

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "disv2002" <rebecca at r...> wrote:
> Having read through the 'Lost prophecy' chapter a few times last 
> night I still can't get my head 'round Dumbledore's flaw in his 
plan 
> for Harry since birth. 
> 
> 
> What does Dumbledore mean when he says '...What did I care if 
numbers 
> of nameless and faceless people...were slaughtered...if...here and 
> now you were alive well and happy?...I never dreamed I would have 
> such a person on my hands...'
> 

I understood Dumbledore to mean that he was risking the fate of the 
wizarding world in order to give one little boy peace of mind and as 
innocent as possible.  Voldemort had destroyed Harry's family, but to 
keep him safe, Dumbledore had condemned Harry to ten years of neglect 
and abuse at the hands of the Dursleys.  Ultimately he felt very 
guilty about it.  By *not* telling Harry the entire truth about his 
relationship to Voldemort early on, Dumbledore gave Harry space to 
grow up, learn lessons at Hogwarts, play Quidditch, do fun things 
with kids his own age and generally have the childhood he'd been 
denied -- but risked Harry's life at the hands of Voldemort or the 
DEs because Harry wouldn't be able to defend himself.

Zen