Sirius revisited

[pandrea100]

No: HPFGUIDX 103758

Robyn wrote:
>But Sirius 
> convinces James and Lily to change him as the sk to Peter right?  
And 
> he never thought that Peter was going to run to Voldemort or be the 
> spy... Well that said, he thought he was doing the smart and wise 
> thing... Was it a bad descion? Yes.. but with hindsight.  And you 
can't 
> really blame him for not knowing that Peter was the spy.  But I 
think 
> it's a bit harsh to say it's his fault Harry was made an orphan.  
He 
> thought what he was doing was the best thing that could be done and 
> only with hindsight was it the worst thing he could have done.  
Hence 
> what a great spy Peter was.   

Don't forget that Sirius originally suspected Lupin of being the 
spy.  He probably convinced James & Lily to switch to Peter so that 
he could go off and lead Lupin astray, drawing attention away from 
Peter.  Of course it turned out he was dead wrong.  Oops.