Sirius was right, Dumbledore was wrong

[a_b_desert_king]

No: HPFGUIDX 93294

Neri wrote:

> 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.


Heather says:

Here, here Neri.  My sentiments exactly. There were only two things 
in OotP which bothered me:
1) Harry's attitude (but after the second reading I got over that - 
I guess we forget all too easily what it was like to be a teen) and,
2) The fact that nobody ever tells Harry stuff.  I would think that 
if Harry's life were in danger, people in the know would warn him 
and help him to protect himself.

If Harry really is the only way to defeat LV, then giving him all 
the information at hand would be a good idea - he might actually be 
able to help them out.  Instead, he is made to feel like an 
untrustworthy child and in turn feels he cannot trust anyone else. 
(except maybe Sirius - but even then he is so concerned for Sirius' 
welfare that he won't talk to him either).  If he had felt that DD 
trusted him then he probably would have discussed the dreams with DD 
and they could have prevented Harry's trip to MoM.  After all, Harry 
didn't even hear the prophesy from the MoM.  He heard it from DD in 
the end. The only thing that trip served to accomplish was the 
destruction of the 'official' copy of the prophesy and the capture 
of several key DEs. (oh yeah - and to prove to MoM officials that LV 
really *has* returned).

But I digress - after all, without the trip to the MoM, then so many 
clues would have been left out and we wouldn't have such a wonderful 
mystery to mull over....  :)

Heather - who cried for Harry's grief over losing Sirius rather than 
for Sirius' death.  But I *will* cry if Lupin dies.....