Harry left at the Dursleys (Was Re: Plot in OotP)

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 118109


 
> Alla:
> 
> Well, that is not exactly what I meant. It is a given that 
> Dumbledore left Harry with Dursleys and if we believe what he said 
> at the end of OOP (which I am inclined to), he loves Harry.
> 
> So, I was asking whether you consider it to be good plotting or 
> good "connecting of the dots" if the answer to the question why 
> Dumbledore left Harry there to be abused will be simple - 
Dumbledore 
> has to chose between Harry's survival and the abuse.
> 
> Believe me, I am very upset with Dumbledore, but I don't see how 
it 
> makes him bad person if he honestly thought that the only place 
> Harry can survive will be Dursleys. 
> 
> To make a long story short - what do you think is better nickname 
> for Dumbledore "the accomplice in Harry's abuse or "the accomplice 
> in Harry's death"?

Potioncat:
In SS/PS Dumbledore seemed to be an all knowing all powerful 
wizard.  The older Harry gets, the less Dumbledore knows (just like 
kids and their parents in RL)  

I agree with Alla. The safest place for Harry was with the Dursleys 
and DD had little control over what happened there.  I don't think 
he  had any idea how bad it was until Harry came to Hogwarts.  And 
even then, I don't think he knew how really bad it was.