Acceptable Abuses?

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 96265

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
wrote:
> I would even venture to say that as the person Chosen to hear the 
> Prophecy, DD does his best *not* to interfere with Harry's life. He 
> is pleased Harry is 'normal' and not pampered; he must be elated 
> Harry has surrounded himself with such good people; and surely 
> Dumbledore sits on his hands when he could choose to bail Harry 
out! 
> Dumbledore makes a concious choice to let Harry live his life 
> without undue interference. And whether he makes the choice because 
> he believes it's the best thing, or because of the constraints of 
> the Prophecy (or both), I contend that his motives are good.
> 
> Has Dumbledore made the right choices? *He's* not even sure, as we 
> see in OOTP. T.S. Eliot said: "for us, there is only the trying--
the 
> rest is not our business." It doesn't mean DD doesn't care, just 
> that there are limits on what he can do, self-imposed or otherwise.



I want to believe that Dumbledore's motives are good. As I stated in 
my earlier posts the only reason why I am still hanging on to this 
belief are JKR's interviews where she states constantly that 
Dumbledore is an epithome of goodness, very wise man, etc...

Had I not read those interviews and only had books in front of me, I 
would probably abandon this belief after OoP.

Dumbledore did interfere with Harry's life. He interfered when he 
left him with Dursleys at the beginning.

Although I said before that for the sake of argument I am willing to 
pretend that I believe Dumbledore that Harry is  safest at Dursleys, 
I am not so sure about that.

Pippin earlier made a comparison to Harry being safe from Voldemort 
to being safe from cancer by living at Dursleys. But saving from 
cancer is an objective thing. We only have Dumbledore's word that 
Harry has the safest sanctuary at Dursleys.

I am not 100% sure that JKR gives us all information yet. 'Where your 
mother blood dwells?" Harry did see some ohter relatives in the 
Mirror of Erised. I don't know.

Alla