Why not BRIBE the Dursleys, for heavens sake?

[Jim Ferer]

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Nicky Joe: > "I hope JKR can come up with a darned good reason,
because right now  it looks like he blithely dropped Harry off,
assumed the Dursleys  were going to love him like their own son (even
with McGonagall's warning), and didn't bother to check on him again."

Dumbledore has acknowledged he was condemning Harry to "dark and
difficult years" when he left him with the Dursleys, so he knew it
wouldn't be a picnic, even if he didn't know fully how bad it was
going to be. 

NJ:"I used to think that DD knew about everything that went on in 
> Hogwarts, but now I'm more of the opinion that he has so many 
> responsibilities that he really doesn't know too many intimate 
> details about what goes on there."

Do you suppose that JKR is trying to draw a parallel to an old
theological argument about God, being the conflict between an
omnipotent God and an all-loving God?  I don't want to cross the line
into religious discussion here, but this argument crosses many
philosophical boundaries.  Some here have seen theological parallels
in HP before now.  

To bring it back to the series, I find myself running into a conflict
between a loving Dumbledore (he certainly seems that way) and a
Dumbledore that knows everything, can do anything, and fix anything.

I personally never believed in an omnipotent Dumbledore.  I know
nothing is tidy, totally organized, and sewn up perfectly; actually, I
wonder how anything gets done in this messy world, and there's no
reason to think the wizard world is any different.

Jim Ferer