Snape, Harry, Dumbledore, and flaws in the books

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 105927

Pippin wrote previously:
> >  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.
> > 


Dzeytoun:
 
> 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.
> 
   

Alla:

Too true, Dzeytoun, it is not "goodness" to me either, far from it 
and I am one of those people who believes JKR interviews, even only 
based on the fact that I am still to see her lie in the interview and 
when she does not want to naswer question, she says so usually.


What can I say? I would say that it is at least consistent 
with 'teaching students how to deal with nasty people" routine.