Dumbledore's Hypocrisy/Sirius and Kreacher

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 129232

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> Alla:
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> Being connected to something Dark simply by association is not a 
> problem, true, but you know the saying " tell me who your friends 
> are and I can describe what kind of person you are".
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> I think its gist applies to Kreacher, sort of. Of course, if he was 
> free, his personality could ahve undergone different development or 
> not.
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> Just look at Dobby. He was serving dark household and his 
> personality is so not dark.
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> Am I making sense? I am of firm believe that house elves should be 
> freed, if that is what they want , BUT I don't think that Kreacher 
> is a good being simply because he was enslaved. 

Pippin:
That's not what I'm saying. Of course Kreacher had a chance to decide
whether or not to serve the good. But if his choice was not
preordained how can you say that Sirius's treatment of him didn't 
matter? To say that no kindness could reach him is to say that
Kreacher was a lost soul already. And even if we, as readers,
have the right to make that judgement, Dumbledore does not. Nor did
Sirius.


> Alla:
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> Erm. Thanks for the explanation, but I think you are giving 
> Dumbledore a bit too much credit in speaking allegorically. Are you 
> saying that when Dumbledore was talking to grieving Harry about 
> misdeeds of his Godfather, he was actually warning him about Draco?
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Pippin:
No, he was using a concrete example to warn Harry, without preaching
to him, of a danger that  all wizards face. Wizards pay a price for
regarding their fellow Beings with contempt.  Harry knew that
Kreacher didn't wish him or Sirius well, he knew as well as JKR that
no magic is foolproof, yet  it never dawned on him that the  House
Elf might be lying.


Pippin