Dumbledore the Counselor (was: Dumbledore the General)

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No: HPFGUIDX 124392


Snow: 
You are acting as though Dumbledore had a choice, he didn't! Harry's 
protection was where his mother's blood protected him. If Dumbledore 
had put Harry in ANY other place than his mother's blood relative, 
he wouldn't have lived long enough to enjoy his healthy atmosphere. 
Dumbledore gave Harry the best protection he could under the 
circumstances that were laid down by his mother's sacrifice. 

Could Harry have thrived better or the same as
is irrelevant if
he 
is dead. 


Alla:


OK, please point me to canon where it says with absolute certainty 
(emphasis on these two words) that if Dumbledore had put Harry in a  
different home, he would have been killed.

Dumbledore says:

"My answer is that my priority was to keep you alive. You were in 
more danger than perhaps anyone but myself realised. Voldemort had 
been vanquished hours before, but his supporters - and many of them 
are almost as terrible as he - were still at large, angry, 
desperate  and violent. And I had to make my decision too with 
regards to th years ahead. Did I believe that Voldemort was gone 
forever? no. I knew not whether it would be ten, twenty, or fifty 
years before he returned , but I was sure he would do so, and I was 
sure too, knowing him as I have done, that he would not rest until 
he killed you." - OOP, p.836.

Dumbledore also says among other things : "While you can still call 
home the place where your mother's blood dwells, there you cannot be 
touched or harmed by Voldemort" - p.837.

So, Dumbledore was not even sure when Voldemort will return. he 
simply decided that Harry was in danger and made a choice as to how 
to protect him. I don't remember reference in canon that Harry's 
mother blood was the ONLY protection available, just the one 
Dumbledore put his trust in.


Dumbledore made a CHOICE. I understand his INITIAL choice, sort of. 
I don't necessarily think that it was the only one option available, 
although it is of course possible.

By the way, I suspect I am wrong on this one, so can somebody please 
refer me  to the quote , which says that Harry cannot be touched by 
Voldemort's servants at Privet Drive? I must have been forgotten the 
part, because if blood protection is only against Voldemort, then 
Dumbledore's decision is even more shaky than I thought before.

He could not be that stupid, right? To make Harry suffer at Dursleys 
and not protect him against Bella and Co. Please, tell me it is not 
so. :o)


Just my opinion,

Alla