Why didn't DD tell all Voldy = TR? (was: Marriage at Hogwarts and in the WW)

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 137800

SSSusan:
> > But the question of why DD didn't tell the whole WW that TR = LV 
> > is still intriguing, no?


a_svirn:
> I don't see how it would make any difference. Most DE surely know 
> LV's previous name. 

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> Maybe no one asked? Dumbledore doesn't strike me as a type to write 
> open letters to the Daily Prophet


SSSusan, quite obviously behind in reading posts:
You're correct, a_svirn, that at least *some* of the DEs have to be 
familiar w/ Voldy's given name, as they were associates [hesitate to 
use the word "friends" based upon DD's comments] during Tom's time at 
Hogwarts.

Still... I keep thinking back to Bellatrix's reaction at the MoM, 
when Harry made the pronouncement about Voldy being a half-blood.  
She spluttered and denied and was generally royally kerfuffled by 
this.  *That* implied, to me, that some DEs were not in the know -- 
even Bella, who clearly had been pretty high up on Voldy's list 
(although not long out of Azkaban, either).  

Maybe you're right -- maybe nobody asked, or maybe they knew the 
*name* but didn't know the family history.  So perhaps the better 
question is:  Why didn't DD broadcast both who Voldy really was and 
*what* he really was?  It sure seems suspicious to me that he 
didn't.  I mean, DD's making such an announcement might well have 
lost Voldy some supporters among the pureblood set.

Siriusly Snapey Susan