Dumbledore evil??

[sofdog_2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 104849

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Maren Gest" 
<mietoesarepink at c...> wrote:
> Has anyone else noticed that Dumbledore seems to never be around 
when somethings happening with Harry and Voldemort (The first book he 
was called away on importaint duties, the second the govenors sent 
him away, and the fourth he wasn't there for the graveyeard part) The 
5th book is the only one with Voldemort in it that Dumbledore was 
there to help, but it wasn't until he very end did he intervine. I 
think its possible that Dumbledore is not really as good as we think 
he is. Also how is it possible for Dumbledore not to catch that Pro. 
Moody in book four is not the real Moody? Even in the Penisive 
Dumbledore seems to be some what friends with the old man, and they 
have known each other for a long time. Mr.Weasley even says 
Dumbledore never miss' a trick, so how is it possible that he wasn't 
able to tell a good friend was an imposter, Fake Moody couldn't have 
been that good of an imposter?!

SOF:

Well, Crouch did a bang up job playing Moody. He was eccentric, 
unpredictable and darn near lawless. I've never been able to 
understand why he bothered to actually be so useful to the students, 
teaching them real DADA and being so kind to Neville. But Crouch's  
mission was to stay close to Harry and get him to the Triwizard Cup. 
He stuck to that ambition admirably. 

I hardly think Dumbledore is evil just because he's elsewhere Harry 
goes off to his big showdowns. Dumbledore knows a lot but he isn't 
omniscient. If he were he could have led a team to take out Voldemort 
when he was hiding in Albania. There was a certain over-confidence 
that Dumbledore seems to have reigned in with Sirius' death. He was 
calling the shots on Harry and doling out info (which I hated), but 
he knows now that so much subterfuge is dangerous. People can't act 
prudently without knowing what's at risk. 

This was sort of a Saruman-like arrogance that Dumbledore was 
exhibiting. Fortunately he got his wake-up call before he himself 
slipped over the edge.