Sirius was right, Dumbledore was wrong

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No: HPFGUIDX 93283

I'm not particularly a Sirius' fan, and I didn't cry when he died, 
but I find it strange how he came to be maligned by many members of 
the list. The more gracious allow that maybe Kreacher was slipping 
him befuddlement drought, but most seem to think he just acts the hot-
headed, irresponsible, childish and deluded ex-bully by nature.

But does he? 

The facts in OotP state plainly that Sirius was right all along, 
while DD, as he admits in the end, was wrong. Sirius wanted to tell 
Harry everything immediately when he came to Grimmauld Place. 
The "responsible" Molly and Lupin had prevented him from doing so 
according to DD's directions. Had the order been following Sirius' 
advice, not only Sirius' death would have prevented, but Harry would 
have recognized the nature of his dreams much earlier, and could have 
got Occlumency lessons in a less antagonistic atmosphere, with DD 
still around to sort out the problems. Sirius, while far from being 
perfect (and who is?) instinctively understood that responsibility 
should go with knowledge, and that the truth is generally preferable, 
a policy which DD preaches but doesn't practice much. Sirius also 
knew immediately that it will never do to let Snape teach Harry, 
while the great DD was above such petty considerations. Next, Sirius 
was the only Order member who at least tried to ensure that Harry 
would have a secure channel of communication to Grimmauld Place, 
another basic precaution that the omniscient DD just neglected to 
take. Finally, when Sirius found out that his orphan godson was in 
danger, naturally he had to go and help him personally. Any decent 
person would have done just that. It was hardly Sirius' fault that he 
got killed in a battle against a larger force, while dueling with a 
DE who had just taken down two aurors. Had Sirius stayed behind and 
left only Lupin, Moody, Kingsley and Tonk to fight against ten DEs, 
it is likely that more than one of them would have got killed, and 
also Harry and/or Neville, before DD would have reached the scene.

In conclusion: with the possible exception of Hermione, Sirius was 
the most far-seeing, levelheaded and responsible person in OotP. This 
is plain canon.

Neri