Dumbledore's Magnaminity

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 143033

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_svirn" <a_svirn at y...> wrote:
>
>  
> > Geoff:
> > But you have gone on about this point several times. The plain 
fact 
> is 
> > that they could have refused to take Harry and, at any time 
during 
> > those years, they could have thrown in the towel and put him into 
> care.
> > 
> > I can remember a case some years ago involving one of the young 
> people 
> > in our church group who was orphaned. In a similar scenario to 
> Harry's, 
> > an aunt and uncle took him in - very unwillingly - and did just 
that 
> > after a year or so. They washed their hands of a family relative.

a_svirn:
> Apparently they didn't receive exploding letters when they decided 
to 
> wash their hands of the child. No did his relative life hang upon 
> their decision. 

Geoff:
No, I haven't hear that they did. But neither did they attempt to 
strangle the lad concerned by grabbing him round the neck through an 
open window....

BTW, what is his life relative to?
:-)