Dumbledore's Hypocrisy/Sirius and Kreacher

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 129303

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_svirn" <a_svirn at y...> wrote:
> > Alla:
> > 
> >> Kreacher consciously 
> > betrayed Sirius. I think Harry had an absolute right to hate him for 
> > a while, but nope, Dumbledore goes on and on and on. :-)
> >
> 
> a_svirn:
> 
> How did Kreacher "betray" Sirius, when he never was loyal to him in 
> the first place and never even pretended to be?

You certainly can argue Kreacher had a duty to Sirius, being the Black
family house elf.  If I had an employee who did what Kreacher did,
that employee betrayed me.  I know house-elves are slaves, not
employees, but if you argue that justifies his betrayal, that's a
different argument.