Who's to Blame/Ending Occulmency was Re: [HPforGrownups] Harry as Kreacher

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No: HPFGUIDX 100582

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Arya" <dequardo at w...> wrote:
> 
> How do you see Harry *knowing* just how important Occlumency was?  I see the lack 
> of providing sufficient explanation and motive to learn as one of Snape's major 
> failings.  
> 

Knowing how important it was?  Sufficient explanation?

Tut, tut! Who else knows what DD's plan is except DD?
Do you really think that he is going to reveal all to a 15 y.o. boy
who is rash, argumentative and can't keep his mind closed?
He already knows that Voldy is in there and you think it's
a good idea to let Harry in on what's afoot?

A bit naive, don't you think?

For any reasonable person it would be enough that the one wizard
capable of opposing Voldy has deemed it necessary would be reason
enough. It certainly is for the other members of the Order - do you 
consider Harry to be a special case? -  he that doesn't have a clue, 
thinks he has all the answers when he's not even sure of the questions
and lets his emotions over-rule common sense? Disaster looms.
I wouldn't trust him to find his way to the bathroom without the
Marauders Map.

Just 'cos he's going to get killed in book 7 doesn't mean that he should
be accorded special priviledges, you know. *He* doesn't need to know 
what's going on, *we* do. In fact, it's probably better that he doesn't 
know what's going on; it'll save him from all kinds of pointless angst
before he follows Sirius into the next great adventure - probably
involving a snitch, a rubber duck and  a rather large dog that isn't
housetrained. Serve him right IMO.

Kneasy