Leaning on the Dursleys was Hogwarts Teachers -

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No: HPFGUIDX 126293


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
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> I definitely need to be convinced that Dumbledore's interference 
with 
> Dursleys would have been lethal for Harry  and for Harry only.
> I most certainly would not have think of Dumbledore as less moral 
> person if he would interfere.
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Yes, that is the great big brass ring, isn't it?  Actually, though, 
for me it isn't necessary to actually prove this point, which is 
probably unprovable.  It would be enough to be convinced that 
DUMBLEDORE was convinced of this, which would require a good 
explanation as to why (not just "Voldemort might come back some 
day," but "these specific DEs were prowling around with wands 
plotting to kill you and I could not have stopped them for these 
good reasons").

Also, it would be helpful to have puppetmaster!Dumbledore finally 
put to rest.  I'm afraid JKR didn't inspire a great deal of 
confidence with that speech in OOTP, however.  In fact it left me 
with a feeling of icy dislike and distrust for the man.  Every 
sympathetic moment like his tear and his signs of exhaustion is 
undercut by an unsympathetic one, such as cutting Harry off when he 
tried to protest about Petunia or his constant references to some 
kind of plan.

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> So, yes, I would like much better discussion of those issues.
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> I certainly hope that Dumbledore and Harry will have MANY talks in 
> HBP, not only at the end of the book.
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Oh yes.  DD and Harry have a great deal to discuss, starting with 
Harry's parents and proceeding through the Dursleys and Sirius to 
one obnoxious Potions master.


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