Who is the adult (Was: Who's to blame for Occlumency?)

[rowena_grunnionffitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 100850

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" 
<bard7696 at a...> wrote:

> We're done. I left this list once before because I found a 
disgusting 
> and disturbing hatred for Harry Potter amongst many of the posters. 
> I'm sorry to see nothing much has changed.

   I'm puzzled; how does taking strong exception to Harry peeking 
into other people's private memories translate into 'hating' Harry?  
 
> >    The fact is Snape could have gone on teaching Harry occlumency 
> til the cows came home and it would have done not a lick of good. 
> Harry didn't want to close his mind to Voldy - he wanted to know 
what 
> was behind the door. No number of classes would have changed that.
> > 
> >    It all comes back to Harry I'm afraid.
> 
> 
> Keep saying that. Maybe it'll come true, even.

   Well, you see it's not just me saying it. *Harry* says it himself:

   "The truth was that he was so intensely curious about what was 
hidden in that room full of dusty orbs that he was quite keen for the 
dreams to continue"