OOP: Protection... mistake or foreboding?

[Tamara]

No: HPFGUIDX 64862

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, the firey chasm from whence it 
came <explodingstar at a...> wrote:
> 
> >
> >I think the whole point is that as long as he keeps the Dursley's 
as
> >his "home", no.  Or something.  But it does make me wonder, exactly
> >what protection is this blood thing giving him??  It certainly 
didn't
> >do anything when he faced Voldemort at the end of GoF.  The only
> >thing that saved Harry's hide was his own wits and the whole wand 
on
> >wand thing. So, is Dumbledore just, um, stupid? lol
> >
> >Tamara
> 
> I think the blood thing only protects Harry when he's actually at 
the 
> Dursleys'. I remember DD saying something like that as long as he 
can call 
> Privet Drive home, Voldemort can't touch him there. So I think it's 
like a 
> safe "base" for him. If he's away from Privet Drive, then he is in 
danger 
> from Voldemort. That's why after the Dementors attacked, they told 
him not 
> to leave the house.
> 
> That's my take on it, anyway.
> 
> ~dream

Makes you wonder that if things get too dangerous for Harry, will he 
be dispatched back to the Dursley's during the school term in the 
next books?

Tamara