[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore and morality

[Koticzka]

No: HPFGUIDX 57905


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  From: GulPlum 
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  Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 12:26 AM
  Subject: [HPforGrownups] Dumbledore and morality


  Harry has a perfectly viable actual, titular godfather, so this role is a 
  bit of a shoe-in, governed by his role as a literary construct rather than 
  an actual person within the books. But I'll gloss over that. Nevertheless, 
  I do continue to wonder just why James left his Cloak in the care of 
  someone other than Sirius: "... left in my possession *BEFORE* he died..." 
  - emphasis mine; what reason did James have not to trust Sirius with the 
  Cloak? And of course, we always assume that the Cloak came from Dumbledore. 
  But what real proof of that do we have? I have a nagging suspicion at the 
  back of my mind that there is someone *else* who is looking out for Harry, 
  who is yet to be revealed to us.

  **** Koticzka: Perhaps the reason was the same as in the case of Fidelus Charm - it was too obvious and to risky? 
  Just a couple of points on the point-giving at the end of PS/SS: as HH, a 
  very bad move. Perhaps he's teaching the Slyths to accept disappointment, 
  or, as some people have said, that earning points is more valuable than 
  engineering having them taken away from others. The main lesson he's 
  imparting is "I can be as fickle as the worst of you". As LFW, he's saying 
  "the rules don't really count as long as we maintain allegiance to higher 
  principles". Again, it's only as SP and LC that the scene makes sense, or 
  is given moral validity, and that's what the text shows.

  I share the point of view and much more - "We live stereotypes"

  He - Dumbledore is passive pacifistic punk (colorful wire clothes...) - for me. And - forgive me this comparison... Jesus with waitng for another hit. If it was not for the points in PS/SS and some other actions of his.

  Koticzka
  How can you hurt a man who has nothing? 
  Give him something broken.

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