Pensieves objectivity AND: Dumbledore's integrity

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 79733

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "slgazit" <slgazit at s...> wrote:

> Dumbledore knew that once he can convince the wizarding world that
> Harry's account of the events is correct, getting Sirius exonerated
> would be a cinch. 

I'm not so sure about that. There would still be no proof.  Harry and 
Dumbledore might sway some minds, but without proof, there would 
always be a portion of the population that thinks Sirius is a 
murderer.  Just think of the conspiracy theories that spring up 
around horrific events involving the deaths of people, especially if 
the government is somehow involved.  There always seems to be a group 
of people that are convinced that the government is lying to them.


> It seems to me that Dumbledore's greatest error that while he
> had the best interests of the people he was leading in his mind,
> he ignored the impact of the events on them emotionally. Harry
> was extremely traumatised by the events in the graveyard and
> then put under pressures from all sides (slandering, MoM campaign
> against him, Umbridge, Dumbledore ignoring him, Voldemort's
> manipulations, etc.). Sirius was already unbalanced after 12 years
> in Azkaban and then put effectively in jail again. Snape was still
> not over the conflict with Harry's father and with Sirius.
> Dumbledore was too focused on the big picture to notice all that or
> account for it in his plans and so invited disaster.
 
And, that's certainly a nice, succinct summation to which I can 
agree.  

Marianne