The 12 uses of Dumbledore's omniscience

[abigailnus]

No: HPFGUIDX 57693

 > --- errolowl wrote:
> > <snip a bunch of post> doesn't know the extents
> of
> > his own castle, has
> > no control over the actions of mean or cowardly
> > people, and either
> > can't see or can't fix all the loopholes in his
> > school's
> > defenses.And there's more where that came from.
> 
> 

To which Lynn objected.  I hope Errol doesn't mind me jumping in:

> How do you know
> Dumbledore doesn't know the extent of the castle?

Because he says so himself in GoF.  I don't remember the exact occasion, but Harry hears 
Dumbledore tell someone over dinner that there are rooms in the castle that he doesn't 
know, and gives for example the room full of bedpans which he found once and has 
never been able to find again.

>  What do you mean he has no control over the
> actions of mean or cowardly people 

Quirrel, Lockhart, to a certain extent Snape, Bagman, Karkaroff, Crouch Jr.  All hatched 
dastardly plans and carried them out right under Dumbledore's oversized nose.

or can't see
> or fix loopholes?  

Well, he couldn't get Harry out of being a Triwizard champion, could he?

Abigail