Leaning on the Dursleys was Hogwarts Teachers -

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> Carol notes:
> Pathetic as Voldemort's attempts at harming Harry have been for
> various plot-related reasons, he did succeed in Crucioing Harry 
> and he wants Harry dead. Making a child sleep in a cupboard with 
> spiders may be child abuse (or child neglect), but Crucio is a 
> form of torture. Nothing that the Dursleys have done or tried to
> do compares with that. Nor have they repeatedly tried to murder 
> him.


Yes, but none of that excuses the abuse they did inflict on him.  It 
may be that Dumbledore had no choice in the matter, but that is far 
from obvious at the present juncture (at least to some of us).  Now, 
it may be that JKR thinks she has made this clearer than she in fact 
has.  But at the present, MUCH more detail is needed before we can 
see Dumbledore as the "epitome of goodness" she wants him to be seen 
as.

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