Sirius' situation his own fault? WASRe: Debatable ethical issues in OotP and HBP

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 142422

> SSSusan:
> > Post-escape, Sirius' behavior does nothing to dissuade those who
> > believe he's a murderer, true. He's angry and desperate to stop
> > Pettigrew from reaching Harry. He's a fugitive and no one knows 
the
> > truth about himself and Pettigrew, so to whom could he have 
turned?
> 
> Ceridwen:
> I'd agree with Carol here - he could have turned to Dumbledore.  
> Otherwise, everyone who asked that, has a point.  

Alla:

I snipped pretty much everything, since I am in agreement with 
SSSusan post (well, not about Snape being DD!M of course, but with 
her assesment of Sirius situation and general line of argument about 
different positions about Snape's motivations, absolutely :-))

I just wanted to comment on Sirius' turning to Dumbledore. I don't 
see it at all. All that Sirius knows is that Dumbledore gave the 
evidence that he was a Secretkeeper. Since Sirius knows that he  
erm... was not one, I think he would have VERY grave doubts about 
whether Dumbledore would believe him or not. I don't see Sirius 
turning to Dumbledore. When Dumbledore indeed believed Sirius, Sirius 
followed his orders ever since, but if I were in Sirius shoes, I am 
not sure I would gone to Dumbledore, frankly.

JMO,

Alla