On the other hand (was Re: Disliked Uncle Vernon)

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No: HPFGUIDX 93070

Kneasy:
> If anyone's morals are  at fault it's DD's. He *knew* how the 
Dursleys felt about the Magical World, James and Lily and  the 
treatment that would be meted out to Harry and did bugger all 
about it; and if he didn't know beforehand, he should damn well 
have known from  Mrs Figg in a very few years. Did he do 
anything? No. 
> 
> What reason did DD give to Minerva that night in Privet Drive? 
He  didn't want Harry growing up spoilt and thinking he was 
somebody special. What better place to avoid that than with 
kindly, solicitous Uncle Vernon. <

Now, now. Dumbledore never Fudges about the treatment Harry 
is going to receive. He only says it's the best place for him. 
Meaning, of course, that it's the *only* place for him. The Death 
Eaters go up and down the earth and to and fro upon it, and  not 
even Dumbledore can hinder them from doing so. They have 
penetrated Gringotts, the Ministry,  Hogwarts and Saint Mungo's.

 Where else would Harry have been safe? With Dumbledore? 
Hardly--even with  a wand to defend himself, Harry has just 
barely survived his five years at school. Dumbledore has 
managed to rescue him only with surprise on his side.

Dumbledore could have placed Harry with a wonderful family, 
and it  would have lasted until Bella or her like caught up with 
them. Then Harry would have lost his family *again.*  

In my view the Dursleys aren't so much immoral as stupid, 
ignorant and locked in a destructive family dynamic. The sad 
thing is that Harry would have been just as bad  off if the 
Dursleys had loved him. They'd have turned him into another 
Dudders, I'm afraid. 

Pippin
"Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain" -- 
Schiller