Did Dumbledore blame the victim? was Good werewolf required

[pippin_999]

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Renee:
>>I don't quite believe in Dumbledore's tremendous wisdom 
since hemade himself guilty of "blaming the victim" during that 
lastconversation with Harry. Blaming Sirius partly for his own 
deathbecause of the way he treated Kreacher is more than just 
weak. It'sa horrible thing to do in the face of the bereaved Harry, 
regardlessof the question whether it's true or not. Terrible timing, 
and totallack of empathy. It's not something I expected from such 
an ancient,wise and experienced character. To me, this is 
unconvincingpsychology. JKR wanted to make a point, and in 
order to do so shesacrificed Dumbledore in the eyes of this 
particular reader.<<


Dumbledore does not blame Sirius for his death at all, IMO. In 
Dumbledore's mind the only people to blame for Sirius's death 
are those who chose to murder him. Harry doesn't connect what 
he's hearing to Dumbledore's beliefs about judging people by 
their choices and not faulting them for the consequences they 
didn't foresee.   But it would be useless as well as tedious for 
Dumbledore to repeat his lessons now. Harry knows what he's 
been told, he just doesn't get it yet.  


It is the wrong time, as Dumbledore acknowledges. But 
Dumbledore does not have the luxury of waiting longer. He 
promised Harry long ago that when he was older, Harry would 
know why Voldemort tried to kill him as a baby. Now the 
prophecy orb has been shattered and Dumbledore has just 
come within inches of dying without telling Harry anything.

 There is no more time. Dumbledore  has two mortal enemies, 
and neither old age nor Voldemort will wait at his convenience. 
And if Harry must hear these things soon, then better when his 
emotions are high and he will retain them, than afterward when  
his mind is blurred by grief. The same psychology works for the 
reader. That's why Dumbledore's little homilies stick in the mind. 

 No, it wasn't comforting  for Harry to hear a harsh truth about a 
person he loved. But Harry was promised that he would be told 
why Voldemort tried to kill him, and it has everything to do with 
the way Sirius treated Kreacher. The lie of the golden fountain 
was that witches and wizards are morally and spiritually superior 
to everyone else. That's the disease that afflicts the wizarding 
world. Voldemort is just a symptom. Harry needs to know that, or 
he may destroy Voldemort and yet leave his world worse off than 
before.

  It may be a long time before Harry  wants to hear any reason 
why Kreacher should be pitied.  And yet he needed to be told, 
even if he didn't understand it any more than Frodo understood 
why Gandalf  told him to pity Gollum.


Pippin
sorry for taking a while to answer this