Dumbledore's bad descisions?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 94101

Carol wrote:
<Snip> I agree with Earendil that Sirius knew he'd be a very unsafe
guardian for Harry, especially if he murdered Peter as he apparently
intended, so he accepted DD's arrangements, even giving (lending?)
Hagrid his motorbike to carry them out. In a way it's too bad that
Hagrid didn't
> know about the Secret Keeper arrangement because he would have
angrily confronted Sirius and Sirius would just has angrily have
defended himself. Instead he went off to murder Peter and, even though
his plan failed, ruin his own life.

> 
Sue responded:
> IIRC (and of course, I have been known to be horribly wrong), Sirius 
> went to FIND and CONFRONT Peter. Not to murder him.  In the 
> Shrieking Shack he tells Lupin to hurry up because he wants to
commit the murder he was convicted of. He never says he intended to
kill Peter when he found him the day after the Potters were murdered.
> 
> Sue, who cannot find her copy of PoA anywhere since her 7 year old 
> decided to read it. :(

Carol again:
Wish I'd responded to this before anyone else did--too tired to think
straight last night. Note the "apparently" in my first sentence
above--I should have done something similar in the last sentence as
well. I do know that I'm just assuming, but given Sirius's violent
temper and general rashness, his attempt to murder Severus when they
were both sixteen, his later determination to commit the murder he was
imprisoned for, his statement at Godric's Hollow (recalled by Hagrid
in PoA) that he wouldn't be needing his motorcycle any more, and his
mad laugh as he's hauled away from the scene of Peter's crime, I'm
convinced that he intended not only to confront Peter but to get
revenge, either by killing him or by seriously and permanently
injuring him. No proof, of course, just canon evidence of his
temperament and behavior on other occasions.  Then again, I'm not a
Sirius fan and maybe I tend to judge him a bit harshly (as others
judge Snape).

Precocious seven-year-old you've got there!

Carol