Dumbledores Philosophy (was MAGIC DISHWASHER...)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 81748

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> > 
> > 
> > Geoff:
> > Hold on just a moment. How do you square that with - 
> > 
> > "'But why couldn't Quirrell touch me?'
> > 'Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort 
cannot 
> > understand, it is love. He didn't realise that love as powerful 
as 
> > your mother's for you leaves its own mark. Not a scar, no visible 
> > sign.... to have been loved so deeply, even though the person who 
> > loved us is gone, will give us some protection for ever. It is in 
> > your very skin. Quirrell, full of hatred, greed and ambition, 
sharing 
> > his soul with Voldemort, could not touch you for this reason. It 
was 
> > agony to touch a person marked by something so good.'"
> > 
> > (PS UK edition p.216)
> 


Kneasy:
> Good heavens!
> You don't *still*  believe everything Dumbledore says do you?
> Dear, oh dear.
> Wouldn't like to  buy a bridge would you?
> 

Geoff:
You said -  "But the theory that it is 'love' is 
purely the invention of listees. I've no doubt the protection was 
placed 'through' or 'because' of love, but that is not the same 
thing."

I see no reason why it shouldn't be love itself. I may not always 
agree with what DD says, but I can't see any reason for him playing 
with semantics in a way which would be over the head of the 11 year 
old Harry. I'm not even sure that I agree with your conclusion anyway.

Perhaps my brain is in first gear tonight but you will have to 
explain the "bridge" reference to me. I fail to see its relevance.