Many sleepless nights

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 124520


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> 
> He put Harry into a situation where he would have no status at all. 
> Where his powers would not be discovered or developed.  Where Harry 
> would be forced to experience what life is like without kindness or 
> compassion.  Where he would be forced to work for his supper.  
> 
> Why?  Why would Dumbledore do this?  For humility!  More than 
> anything else Harry needed humility - a quality that Voldemort 
> sorely lacks.  
> 
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> 
> So he gave the baby up to a situation where he knew the boy would 
> not be coddled.  And I'm sure there were many sleepless nights over 
> his decision.  And Vernon and Petunia did their job.  They kept the 
> boy alive.  But didn't do much more than that.  And Harry learned 
> humility.  And he dreamed of being saved from his fate.   And 
> learned compassion for others because he was a boy who needed 
> compassion.  
> 

If this is indeed the case (and I don't believe it is), DD is a truly
reprehensible person, on par with Voldemort.  And yes, I mean that
quite literally.  The ONLY possible moral reason for leaving Harry
with the Dursleys is to save his life, PERIOD.  Trying to create a
certain kind of person through child abuse, or abuse of any kind, is
utterly, totally, unforgivable vile.

Lupinlore