Why Dumbledore made it obvious was Re: The Ghoul in the attic

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 97257

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> Pippin wrote:
> > Dumbledore  knows that Hogwarts is *safe*. Meaning, that 
is, that no student has ever suffered permanent harm there as a 
 direct, intentional result of Dark Magic. (We know that, because  
on the two occasions when it was thought to have happened, the  
school was going to be closed.) <<
> 
Siriusly Snapey Susan: 
> Erm...Pippin?  What about Myrtle?<

Heheh, thought you'd never ask <g> Note I said *intentional*. 
Tom did not order  the basilisk  to attack Myrtle. She blundered 
into its gaze.  Unfortunately she must not  have had her glasses 
on at the time.They would have protected her, as Colin, looking 
through his camera, was petrified, not killed. 

Pippin