In Defense of DD (was Re: DD's dilemma)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 126601


Lupinlore wrote:
> <snip> I really am curious what evidence you see, John, for
Dumbledore having any remorse for Harry's suffering?  I'm not trying
to be a smart-a**, I'm really curious.  I grant that he seems sorry
for his mistakes of Harry's fifth year, but I see no evidence at all
that he has any remorse for the pain his decisions have inflicted on
Harry over the last fifteen years.  And absence evidence of such
sorrow, and a much better explanation of his decisions, then I and
others simply don't see him the way JKR wishes us to. <snip>

Carol responds:
Forgive me, Lupinlore, but I really wish you wouldn't assume that your
views coincide with those of the group or even most of its members. We
really can't know what others think, can we? You're opinions and
you're entitled to them, but please treat them as just that--your
opinions.

That aside, can you show me any evidence that Harry has suffered
long-term damage from being left with the Dursleys, or from any other
decisions of Dumbledore's? I realize that Dumbledore is capable of
error (I would hope so--it's a human trait), for example in not
deducing sooner that Crouch!Moody was a DE working for Voldemort and
that his goal was to kill Harry. But where is "the pain [DD] has
inflicted on Harry"? Harry hardly ever thinks about the Dursleys when
he's at Hogwarts. He's not preoccupied with his "suffering" or losing
sleep over it. Harry is, as DD pointed out in OoP, as normal a boy as
his circumstances have permitted, quite possibly more normal than he
would have been as a pampered prince. I'm at a loss as to what you
want Dumbledore to apologize *for,* and I'm quite sure that Harry
would be astounded if he did any such thing.

Carol, who is a bit disconcerted by this new format and hopes that the
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