"Pampered prince" real reason? / Re: Harry at the Dursleys

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 118555


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "feklar" <feklar at v...> wrote:
> Magda--
> > everyone's arguments as some posters seem to think.  Harry had to be
> > at the Dursleys because of the magical protection.  This is not
> > negotiable, however unfortunate it might be for Harry personally.

 
> feklar--
> 
> But why would HP need more protection than the average wizarding kid 
> in the average wizarding household?  This implies that DD knew there 
> was something out there, that LV wasn't really gone, [insert 
> manipulative!DD theory ofyour choice], etc.


bboyminn:
Why would Harry need more protection than the average wizard boy?
Because he was the apparent downfall of Voldemort, and as Dumbledore
explains, there were still many loyal Death Eaters who escaped
detection and prosecution who were as terrible and ruthless as
Voldmeort himself, and would likely stop an nothing to seek revenge.

I think Dumbledore suspected that Voldmort may have lost the battle,
but may indeed have survived the war. I suspect that solid evidence of
the events at Godrics Hollow and Voldie's defeat were sketchy, and had
to be complied through a lot of supposition. Consequently, no one
could say for absolute certianly that Voldemort could not return, the
only clear thing apparently was that he was gone in that moment.

So we have double trouble, vengefull Death Eaters on the loose, and
Voldemort gone but his true fate unclear. Under the circumstances,
Dumbledore would logically want to give Harry as much protection as
possible until he returned to the wizard world and learned how to take
care of himself. 

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn (was bboy_mn)