"An old man's mistakes"

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No: HPFGUIDX 138945

Alla wrote:

>   I don't know. Posters keep saying that Dumbledore would be shown as 
>   a fool, if his trust in Snape would not be justified after all. I 
>   will not go into whole " he had been wrong many many times in his 
>   judgment of people" again, but personally I would much rather 
>   forgive Dumbledore giving his trust to person who did not deserve 
>   it, because it is a mistake which IMO shows kindness and generousity 
>   of Dumbledore's spirit than Dumbledore being a fool a gain and going 
>   for total secrecy.


And normally I would agree.  I certainly don't think trust and
forgiveness are weaknesses, I'm told I'm more than a little naive
myself in fact.  But it's not the offering Snape forgiveness and
protection that's a problem here so much as Snape as a SPY.  If
Dumbledore won't even grant him the DADA position for fear of pushing
him back on the wrong path, putting Snape back into the fray over and
over means Dumbledore's reasons for trust would have to intelligent
and ironclad, certainly not the one Harry thinks.

Which is why I do think Snape is innocent (along with the other
reasons I listed), but even if he isn't there has to be more to his
story than what we know.  And it's that revelation which will be
important, and which will turn the tide in the end.  Maybe Snape's
true redemptive moment has yet to come?

- Lady Indigo