Snape, Harry, Dumbledore, and flaws in the books

[dzeytoun]

No: HPFGUIDX 105916

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
> Laurasia:
> 
> After all, is he is a kind  powerful headmaster, why  does he let a 
> nasty bullying teacher bully his kids. Surely,  Dumbledore should 
> stop it the second he discovers it.  Either he doesn't know, or he 
> isn't the kind powerful head master Harry thinks he is, or else he 
> wants it to happen. >snip<
> 
> Pippin:

<snip>

> 
>  It's also perfectly consistent with a Dumbledore who believes in 
> letting people make up their own minds and would 
> rather have people disagree with him and be wrong,  than agree 
> only because he's Albus Dumbledore and he said so.
> 

This, however, raises problems when compared to JKR's statement about 
Dumbledore "is goodness."  I'm sorry, but standing back and watching 
somebody else bully and emotionally torment kids just because you 
would "rather them disagree and be wrong than agree just because I 
said so" isn't goodness to me, and I'm willing to bet real money it 
isn't goodness to most other people.

Dzeytoun