Dumbledore's role in Sirius' death was Re: ESE!Snape (Was loads of other stuff)

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 98657

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
> There was only one invisibility cloak available (Moody's spare 
> was lost with Podmore) and it was being used to guard the 
> Prophecy. 

We don't know that there was only one invisibility cloak available. 
After all, when Ron sees Harry's in the first book, he says that 
those are rare, not that those are extinct. :o)
In fact, we can speculate that if family is very rich, like Sirius' 
was, they could afford to buy invisibility cloak.


> Are you saying that Sirius only wanted to fight because 
> he was feeling useless? I thought he felt useless because he 
> thought fighting was the only worthwhile thing to do. 


No, I am saying that make Sirius feel useful was the right thing to 
do for Dumbledore. But, he forgot what does it mean to be young 
indeed. As commander, he forgot that his soldiers are human beings 
too.



> And  he couldn't be used as a spy because: 
> 
> a) the Padfoot disguise was blown
> b) As a human, he had the wrong personality for it. He couldn't 
> resist drawing attention to himself -- kind of like Harry throwing 
> mud at Malfoy in Hogsmeade.
> 
> But I could be wrong.
> 
> Pippin

Sorry, but yes I think you may be incorrect.:o) Please, take a look 
at Neri's post for excellent scenarion how Sirius indeed could have 
been used as a spy.


Alla