Dumbledore's trust in Tom Riddle and Snape

[Ralph Miller]

No: HPFGUIDX 140765


Alla:
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I really love Hickengruendler's posts and I read that one. I 
disagree with it, because I think that in case of Tom Riddle that is 
EXACTLY what Dumbledore did - relied on blind faith, even if he 
disagrees with it.
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If this is not a sign of blind faith, I don't know what is. What USE 
is it for anybody else if Dumbledore does not inform anybody  that 
young Riddle already was quite creepy individual at eleven?

RM:

I don't think this is so much a show of blind faith, (after all Dumbledore
didn't say that he believed that Riddle was had turned over a new leaf),
so much as a desire on his part not to prejudice things so that Riddle wouldn't
have a chance to turn over a new leaf. If he had told everybody, " look,
he's a creepy kid  but he may grow out of it" how much chance would he have
at a new start?

just my $.02

RM.