[HPforGrownups] Re: Inconsistencies in the DADA position

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In a message dated 6/29/2005 2:14:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
finwitch at yahoo.com writes:

If there  was a DADA teacher who had no dark secrets to speak of 
(Umbridge came  close) AND who were good about their position, they 
would stay.  Possibility of the revealence-jinx maybe why Dumbledore 
cannot let Snape  take this position...


BriefChronicles now:
I think you have a good point here about a possible jinx on the DADA  
position. If Dumbledore thinks it would be a bad idea for Snape's secret to get  out, 
and the DADA position reveals all of its professors' secrets, then Snape's  
cover surely would be blown. 
 
I have a slight problem with this theory, though. Dumbledore knew  about 
Lupin's secret. With this logic, if I'm understanding correctly, we can  only 
assume that Dumbledore didn't think it would be a problem for the entire  school 
to know that secret. Are we to believe there is a good reason for Lupin's  
nature to be revealed? 
 
I suppose the argument can be made that all people of non-pure-blood  
situations should be openly accepted, and one way to go about this is to make it  
clear just how many remarkable people have less than pure blood. 
 
But I haven't seen Dumbledore making direct attempts to "out" Hagrid or any  
others who feel they have something to hide. I've always felt  that 
Dumbledore's part in the equality movement has been more as a  protector than an 
instigator. 
 
If he knew that the DADA position would reveal the professor's darkest  
secret, then why would he hire Lupin?
 
BriefChronicles


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