Innocent Alby?

[naamagatus]

No: HPFGUIDX 123175


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at y...> wrote:
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> This is a perfect illustration of why I take all interview "canon" 
> with a grain of salt.  Was JKR seriously trying to say that 
> Dumbledore is supposed to represent an almost God-like goodness?  
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>Yes, Dumbledore is a white hat.  Yes, he's Harry's ultimate mentor 
in 
> the whole "Hero's Journey" story line breakdown (can't remember the 
> term for this - sorry).  But from reading the books, Dumbledore is 
> immediately shown as human and fallible. 
> 
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>  Dumbledore was doing the best he could under circumstances he 
>could not control.
> 
> So I've never bought into the whole, Omniscient!Dumbledore, and I'm 
> confused by people who have.  Especially as their anger at his 
> failings turn them into Puppetmaster!Dumbledore advocates and poor 
> Dumbledore suddenly becomes the epitome of the heartless 
>strategist. 


I agree with the way you see DD's character, but I don't quite 
understand why you equate "epitome of goodness" with "omniscient", 
infallible and god-like. 
I don't see it that way at all. Being moral isn't about the real 
outcome of your decisions and actions - it means that you base your 
decisions and actions on correct moral considerations. Of course, as 
a limited creature (and DD - powerful and wise as he is - is limited) 
you don't know everything, so you may make mistakes - but that makes 
you wrong on a practical level, not on the moral level. 



Naama