It's over, Snape is evil /Ruthless Dumbledore?

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 138442

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
> 
> Colebiancardi:
> <snip>
>   So, without bringing Snape 
> > into the argument, what is so unbelievable about DD asking to die
> for 
> > the greater good of the Order? 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> That is  PRECISELY what is not believable to me. I believe that JKR 
> hits us  very strongly with " murder hurts the soul" metaphor and
> that 
> is why it is not believable to me ( only my opinion of course) 
> that "epitome of goodness" would ask anybody to hurt their soul for
> any 
> purpose.
> 

again, I am asking those who think it is *murder* to think for a 
minute that it is not....see below where I will explain a tad further.
> 
> 
> Colebiancardi: 
> > DD can be ruthless, you know.  He left Sirius in Azkaban for 13 
> > years - when he could have easily found out that it wasn't Sirius
> who 
> > killed Harry's parents. 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> I am sure we can speculate that Dumbledore COULD have find out 
> anything. To me the fact of the matter is that he had no clue that 
> Sirius was not a secret keeper.
> 
> In fact he testified at the hearing that Sirius indeed was a 
secret  
> keeper.
> To leave Sirius in Azkaban knowing that he is innocent would suggest
> to 
> me a very dark Dumbledore indeed, but I don't remember any proof to 
> that.
> 

Dumbledore - great at legitimens, could not read Sirius's mind and 
figure it out?  See, I think he didn't care or maybe because Sirius 
was Harry's Godfather, he was worried that Sirius would intefere with 
Harry's upbringing and kidnap him from the Dursleys.  Just a 
thought...

 
> And I would like to say it again - there are things worse than 
death 
> per Dumbledore, but I don't remember him saying that there is a 
thing 
> worse than murder.
> 
> Just my opinion,
> 
> Alla

but again, I am saying...what if it isn't murder?  Mercy killing 
comes to mind.  Hence, would that be the same thing?  

My other thought is that DD was living thru artifical means - helped 
by Snape.  What Snape did was release him from that magic, so that is 
not murder at all.   There are clues for both sides, I admit.  

it will be a long time before book 7 comes out...sigh....

colebiancardi