Conspiracies & re-assessments - Dumbledore

[lynnie5kaps]

No: HPFGUIDX 111727

"Steve" <asian_lovr2 at y...> wrote:
> I really don't think people are giving enough weight to the fact 
> that Dumbledore is over 150 years old. In his lifetime, he has 
> seen the folly of man again and again. New Dark Wizad on the 
> scene; ho-hum, been there, done that, more than once. New war 
> breaks out; ho-hum, seen it all before. This is perhaps man's 
> greatest folly as it is an irrational act perpetrated by 
> irrational men. Hence, they are not to be reasoned with. So, you 
> get on with what must be done. 
>
> <snip>
>
> Dumbledore knows that effort wasted in fretting over many of these
> things and people is just wasted effort. Given time, these people 
> and events will self-destruct, leaving the bulk of the world behind
> to carry on; to carry on and engage in the same folly again.


I've often wondered whether or not Dumbledore has not only 
seen things like this happen before, but he's seen THIS exact 
thing happen before.

His oft-debated "gleam of triumph" makes me wonder if 
whatever that's referring to has had it's chance to be triumphant 
before, but failed. Whatever happened in that graveyard ... this 
time it succeeded. And I wonder if that's the role time is or has 
had in this series. 

I do think in some ways Harry is a pawn in Dumbledore's game. 
Yes, the story is about Harry, but Harry seems to be a key to 
something greater than himself. And I believe Dumbledore 
knows it.

--S