Dumbledore and Draco on the Tower (WAS Re: Peter's basic .)

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 145346

> >>Betsy Hp:
> > This is the sort of behavior Voldemort will never understand.    
> > Draco is a worthless child, not even a qualified wizard yet;    
> > Dumbledore is arguably the most powerful wizard in the WW.  And 
> > yet Dumbledore wastes the last of his strength on this child. 

> >>Geoff:
> As a Christian, I believe that no one is worthless otherwise there 
> would be no redemption for anyone. Jesus died in human form so    
> that anyone from any background - the good, the bad and the ugly - 
> could still have an opportunity to turn fully to the good side.
> Unless you are making this statement as Voldemort's point of view?

Betsy Hp:
Oh, yes!  Sorry that wasn't clear.  I was definitely speaking from 
Voldemort's point of view.  He sees Draco as cannon fodder, a way to 
punish Lucius, nothing more.  And he, reluctantly perhaps, sees 
Dumbledore as an incredibly powerful wizard.  So to Voldemort's way 
of thinking, it's a no brainer: the kid gets it.  But from 
*Dumbledore's* point of view, Draco is an innocent, full of 
potential, deserving of mercy.  And that is something Voldemort can 
never, will never, understand.  I have a feeling that blind spot 
will lead to Voldemort's doom.

> >>"Sandy/querubina_75"
> <snip>
> I'm sure if Dumbledore wouldn't have frozen Harry...Draco might've 
> performed an AK on Harry instead. 

Betsy Hp:
I'm not as sure of that.  Dumbledore said, at least three times, 
that Draco is not a killer.  There would have been a scuffle, I'm 
sure.  But I'm not confident that either boy would have flung out a 
killing curse.

Betsy Hp