DD's dilemma (was: Hogwarts Teachers - Lockhart)

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 126315


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
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> 
> SSSusan:
> Because now DD has the news and the proof that Voldemort *is* in 
> fact back?  And that gives him leverage he didn't have before?  
> 
> This plays into the protection I *believe* DD offered the 
Dursleys.  
> Before Voldy returned, the Dursleys MIGHT have pooh-poohed the 
> possibility that he could even do so.  Thus, what would they care 
if 
> they pitched out Harry and DD withdrew his protection?  But now 
that 
> it's clear Voldy IS back and that danger has come veeeerry close 
to 
> their dear Dudley [even if it didn't come from Voldy himself], 
> Petunia may well want to "cash in" on that protection, *but* she 
is 
> reminded by DD's Howler that she can't unless she keeps Harry.
> 
> No proof, of course; just my suspicions.

Well, the problem here Susan is that you put DD in an even worse 
moral position.  Not only does he do nothing, he has potential 
specific leverage over the Dursleys and STILL does nothing.  All 
these MIGHTS just aren't an acceptable excuse for turning a blind 
eye to child abuse. Sorry, but that scenario just sinks him further 
into a quagmire of ineptitude/cold hearted manipulation.

Lupinlore