Old, old problem.

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No: HPFGUIDX 151004

Ceridwen:
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> *IF* I am right, then the protections are firmly entrenched until 
> Harry reaches his majority.  He cannot suffer physical harm there, 
so 
> he is safe at least from death.  He might as well stay under the 
> distant eye of DD, Mrs Figg, and perhaps other Order members.  The 
> blood protection, in my opinion, cannot be discounted when 
discussing 
> Harry's placement.

Alla:

Oh, of course I agree with you. Blood protection cannot be 
discounted when discussing Harry's placement. Moreover, what I am 
arguing is that I accept "blood protection" as the ONLY reason 
Dumbledore did not remove Harry, that is if we are talking about 
decent Dumbledore as I perceive him.

Does it make sense? Of course it is possible that DD knew something 
from Mrs. Figg reports, BUT I completely disagree that Dumbledore 
did not interfere with Dursleys abuse because he wanted to train 
Harry, make him more resilient, etc.

I think he was afraid to interfere, that's all. 

That is just as I said before, IMO if Dumbledore allowed Harry to 
endure what he got from Dursleys for any reason except wanting to 
keep him alive with blood protection, to me Dumbledore stops being a 
decent man, who makes mistakes and becomes rather monstrous figure, 
who thinks that child abuse for ten years is OK as long as it is for 
training purposes. It is just what you said in your other post, if 
DD consciously placed Harry to endure Dursleys upbringing to be more 
resilient, etc, DD runs awfully big risk that Harry would find out 
about that and you know, join the other side.

I think Dumbledore was faced with horrific choice. Did he do the 
best he could? As some people know, I was very angry with Dumbledore 
speech at the end of OOP and if he would continued this way in HBP, 
I may have hated him a great deal, but luckily JKR rehabilitated him 
VERY well in HBP in my eyes. :)

I don't believe that DD is a monster, that is why I refuse to 
believe that he would allow a young child to stay with Dursleys, 
unless he truly had no other way to keep the child alive.

JMO of course.

Alla.