Why should we trust Moody/Crouch

[Linda]

No: HPFGUIDX 58086

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "young_he2003" 
<helen.young at p...> wrote:

> Something bothers me. If we believe Moody/Crouch then there is no 
> defense to the AK, no counter curse and no cure. I believe him. 
> Therefore, regardless of Lily's protection, Harry did not survive 
the 
> AK because the there is no protection. 

 Now me(Linda):
  I'm catching up with over 130 posts since this is the first time 
I've been able to sit down at my computer in over 24 hours so if 
this reply seems a little late, please forgive me.
   
   After catching up on all those posts, the above comment stuck out 
in my mind and since I didn't see it addressed from the angle I'm 
addressing it from I thought I would put in my two knuts.

    Why should we believe Moody/Crouch when he says that the AK 
cannot be blocked and there is no cure? He has every reason in the 
world to lie about it. He is speaking to a group of students that 
more than likely will be opposing him in the coming Voldemort war. 
(I'm not going to get into a stereotype discussion...I did say more 
than likely, not definitely.) Why would he give them correct 
information? Disinformation can be one of the most formidable 
weapons in war, indeed in any kind of conflict involving large 
numbers of people.(Political campaigns for instance? No,no,no...I 
won't go into that here either.) The nature of Moody's/Crouch's 
statement could easily have been a *prepping of the battlefield* as 
it were. I wonder how much other erroneous information he might 
have given his students through the course of the year. 

   -Linda