DD as a grownup (was: Re: Plot in OotP)

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 118194


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinlore" <bob.oliver at c...> wrote:

> Therefore, it seems counter to her statements to postulate that 
> Dumbledore does this or that "for the sake of the war effort."  She 
> seems to believe he acts for the interest of the person involved.  
> Thus she seems to want us to take at face value that he placed Harry 
> at the Dursleys because he was trying to keep *Harry* alive, and that 
> he had Sirius stay at Grimmauld Place because he was trying to keep 
> *Sirius* alive.

Annemehr:
Yes, it does seem that Dumbledore put them in those places to keep
them alive, but that doesn't mean he doesn't also do things for the
sake of the war effort. Remember how Dumbledore described his mistake:

"I cared more for your happiness than your knowing the truth, more for
your peace of mind than my plan, more for your life than the lives
that might be lost if the plan failed." - OoP ch. 37

So it seems (to paraphrase Spock) that to him, the lives of the many
outweigh the lives of the few, or the one.  So far, we don't even know
whether Dumbledore has guarded Harry's life only to sacrifice it, or
to allow Harry to sacrifice it, defeating Voldemort.

Other than that, I completely agree with your post.

Annemehr