How Sirius' death suits Dumbledore? Was: Re : Harry's Role in OotP (long)

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "quick_silver71" 
<quick_silver71 at y...> wrote:
> horridporrid03 <horridporrid03 at y...> wrote:
> > The reason I think Sirius was the weakest member of the Order 
> > was his own emotional instability <snip> and the fact that he 
> > was a wanted criminal.  Sirius was of very little use to the 
> > Order because he wasn't able to leave the Headquarters.  
> > Everyone else in the Order seemed heavily involved in various 
> > diplomatic and reconnaissance type work that Sirius could not 
> > participate in.  
> 
> 
> I disagree. Sirius is probably one of the stonger Order members 
> magcially speaking. Of the 5 that go to the DoM two, Tonks and 
> Moody (both Aurors), are taken out by the DEs with ease (they fail 
> to take a single DE with them). Sirius loses to Bellatrix but so
> does Kingsley...the only difference being that there was a veil 
> behind Sirius. Sirius main problem is that he lacks a skill that 
> the Order can regularly use not the he is a weak member.
> 
> "quick_silver71"

BG's two cents:
Sirius was careless and enjoyed taking risks.  Don't get me wrong, I 
like Sirius and he did love Harry very much but he was not a strong 
father figure for him.  He didn't practice what he preached nor did 
he think of what was best for Harry.  During one of the fireplace 
visits he even scolded Harry and acted childishly when he made the 
remark about Harry not being so much like his father afterall after 
Harry exhibited his cautious side. Sirius' death was due his own 
lack of good judgement.  He taunted Beatrix that she "could do 
better than that" instead of focusing on taking her out when he had 
the chance. He paid little attention to where he was standing - the 
thrill of being in a life and death situation and his arrogance were 
his downfall.   DD did not sacrifice Sirius for the cause although 
his death probably made all of The Order and Harry safer.