Dumbledore vs Harry(was:Imperius Resistance and Occlumency)

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 122930


>>Eggplant: 
>Dumbledore is not dealing with a toddler, or some silly little twerp 
of a kid who just fell off a turnip truck; he may still be a boy but 
nobody on the planet has more experience in these matters than Harry 
has, and that includes Dumbledore. 

Betsy:
I know you like to pick and choose canon Eggplant, but now you're 
being silly.  Dumbledore defeated Grindelward in 1945, has stood toe 
to toe with Voldemort when every other wizard has failed, (How many 
times has the books said that Dumbledore is the *only* wizard 
Voldemort fears?) has been soley responsible for keeping Harry alive 
from the time he was one.  Harry barely got away from Voldemort in 
GoF, and that only because his wand was brother to Voldemort, which I 
count as more luck than skill.  Every other time he's come close to 
facing Voldemort full on, Dumbledore has been there to pull his fat 
from the fire.

Harry is good.  Damn good.  But he *is* still just a boy, and there 
is magic he knows nothing of.  If he were to kick Dumbledore to the 
curb now, Voldemort would have his hide by the end of the first 
chapter of the next book.

Betsy