Sirius clueless?

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 124627


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, catportkey at a... wrote:
> In GoF, I don't understand how Sirius would not know what 
Karkaroof was 
> showing Snape (pages 531-532).
> If Sirius was battling Death Eaters, surely he or his other 
fighters would 
> have noticed the mark on the Death Eaters' arms, 
> OR
> when the Death Eaters were put in Azkaban, the authorities must 
write down 
> more than name and address.  Any place of incarceration writes 
down all body 
> making for possible identification.
> V was not vaporized when some of his followers were arrested.  
Didn't anyone 
> notice the arm markings?


We've no evidence so far that the members of the first Order of the 
Ph. actually did any battling unless they were Ministry Aurors like 
Moody and it was in their job description. (And I don't think that 
Sirius was an Auror). And anyway from what I remember from GoF most 
battling took place after Voldemort's downfall, and we know that all 
Dark Marks vanished as soon as the Dark Lord vanished. All those 
prisoners in Azkaban had their forearms unblemished.

As for Sirius being clueless about Snape it is hardly surprising. 
Dumbledore is obviously a great believer in not telling people 
anything "more than they need to know". 

--a_svirn