The Timing of Lupin WAS Re: Dumbledore and Lupin

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No: HPFGUIDX 109193

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cathy Drolet" <cldrolet at s...> wrote:
> 
> DuffyPoo again:
> I see, from another post of yours, that you're a "Dumbledore's a bad guy" theorist. 

Totally and utterly wrong.
Dumbledore has a plan, yes. We're told that in canon.
Dumbledore is a sneaky, conniving manipulator whose utterances
should be viewed with extreme caution. He tells half-truths, 
sometimes a hair's-breadth away from lies, he obfuscates.
He has manoeuvered Harry  until Harry's choices verge on the
non-existent. 
He is using Harry.
That does not make him 'a bad guy'.
It makes him an opponent to be feared and a leader that does
what is necessary to win a war - including accepting/making
sacrifices. You can't beat Voldy by being fluffy; not if he's as
bad as JKR makes out.

ESE!DD is not something I have ever suggested, hinted at or 
postulated.

Kneasy