Harry's protection

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 113019

I, not Naama, said:
 I'd say there is loads of unselfish love in the 
 books--sacrificial  love is only the most spectacular example of 
it.

Kneasy: 
 Give me ten examples.
 Should be easy if there's 'loads', but I think you'll have great 
difficulty in doing so.<
<snip list>
Kneasy:
> You're cheating - all of you.
> Just what  I expected.
> Very  few of these  involve true sacrifice and most of the others 
can be considered as being motivated by things other than love.
 Using the above as a guideline I could just as easily put forward 
Voldy/Nagini, Kreacher/Mrs Black on the wall or Bella/Voldy.<

We have JKR's word that Voldemort has never loved anyone, so 
Voldy/Nagini is ruled out altogether. It would be difficult to claim 
that the other two instances are unselfish to any significant 
degree.

But perhaps Rowling would agree that no human love is 
unselfish.   In fact Dumbledore says that his love for Harry led 
him to do things he now believes were wrong and foolish, 
because he cared more about Harry than other people.  He 
implies that this is the great weakness of human love, that it 
cannot help but be selfish to some extent--presumably the 
power behind the door transcends this, and Harry is  powerful  
because his love/sacrifice/heroism benefits even his enemies.

Pippin
who really hopes Kneasy's old heart is not as flinty as he makes 
out