Dumbledore the Counselor (was: Dumbledore the General)

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No: HPFGUIDX 124368


>>Lupinlore:  
>If this was in ANY WAY a part of Dumbledore's reasoning in leaving 
Harry at the Dursleys and not intervening to make things better the 
Dumbledore is a cold-blooded accessory to child-abuse, nothing more 
and nothing less.
>The Dursleys were NOT "less than ideal," they were child abusers and 
nothing more than an unmitigated disaster.  It's for that that 
Dumbledore badly deserves to suffer consequences.<

Betsy:
Yeah.  Folks keep saying that.  Funny thing is - they're never able 
to quote much proof.  And I'm not talking about Harry hating life at 
the Dursleys, and I'm not talking about their less than stellar 
behavior (cupboard, bars on window, excessive chores, etc.).  Quote 
me something from canon that shows just how screwed up and damaged 
Harry is because of his life at the Dursleys.

Because frankly, Harry has a core of strength that enables him to 
eschew the nasty popular kid (Malfoy), or the easy route (screw the 
Stone, I'm going to bed - and fine, stick me in Slytherin, 'cause 
Muggles suck!).  And he's able to endure some fantastically horrible 
peer treatment (every single year when fellow students decide he's 
crazy and/or evil), and a totally scary teacher (his boggart was 
*not* Snape).  I'm not saying he's this amazingly strong *because* of 
the Dursleys, but if you argue that Harry is a victim of child abuse, 
you really need to be able to point to some scars - physical or 
emotional, if you have any hope of making your case.

Betsy, who admits to getting a little snarky about this particular 
subject