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

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 93135

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:

> 
> Actually, yes, I do believe that Harry would have been safe 
growing  up with Dumbledore.
> 
> He is the only one Voldy ever feared, is he not? Had Harry been 
> growing up with Dumbledore (in his home, whereever that is, 
not in  Hogwarts), he would have been protected by one of the 
most powerful  wizards ever. <<

Whatever Molly, Hermione and Harry himself may fondly believe, 
Dumbledore is a wizard, not a talisman.  Dumbledore wasn't 
able to keep the members of the original Order from being 
picked off one by one. Whatever home he has outside Hogwarts, 
he didn't think it was a  safer place to guard the Stone 
than Gringotts. We learned in OOP that  in fact Voldemort  *isn't* 
afraid to attack him, and fled only when reinforcements arrived. 
Until we know whether Dumbledore's  ability to ward off 
Voldemort is any more than the wizarding equivalent of an urban 
legend, I wouldn't bet the farm on it. 

Pippin