UV = DDM? (was:Re: OFH! Snape again. WAS: Straightforward readings?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 140840

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03"
<horridporrid03 at y...> wrote:
> > >>Betsy Hp:  
 So, Dumbledore tells Snape that he's going to allow Draco a bit
  of a free rein during the school year (the freedom to choose is 
essential to Draco's moral salvation per Dumbledore's personal 
  code).
> 
> > >>Phoenixgod: 
> > Don't get me started on how stupid this was as a plan.  Sure,
lets  have an mildly competent assassin running around the school.
Great  idea!

Pippin:
This is what makes me think Dumbledore must have known about 
the third provision of Snape's vow. He says he didn't intervene
because Draco would be killed, but since he had a plan to save 
Draco, that can't be the only reason. However, if he knew that the 
vow would take effect if it  "seems as if Draco will fail,"  then he 
would have had to weigh certain death for Snape or himself against  
the distant (to him) possibility that Draco might actually succeed.
 
*Anyone* could have sent Slughorn a bottle of poisoned mead, and 
*anyone* could have given a booby-trapped package to a student.
Allowing Draco his freedom exposed weaknesses which
a more competent assassin would have exploited to greater effect,
giving  Dumbledore an opportunity  to shore up the school's defenses.

I don't think Dumbledore was dying all year -- but what if there
was unicorn blood in the green goo? Would he want to live if he'd
had to drink that?

Pippin