A Small Aside (Was When will the ministry start kicking butt and taking names?)

[latha279]

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Goddlefrood <gav_fiji at y...> wrote:
> > IMHO there is no concrete evidence that Slughorn was a 
> > Death Eater at any stage and I also contend that DD would
> > not have hired him had he ever been one, which DD would 
> > have known.

How come DD didn't know about Peter Pettigrew being a death eater 
for a whole year before the Potters were killed??? DD need not 
know everythng that goes on in the WW. Otherwise, all the DEs 
would have been rounded up with his help!!! There would not have 
been any need for an Order of the Phoenix, in that case.

> Allie:
> 
> I don't believe Slughorn was a death eater, but that wouldn't 
> stop Dumbledore, the king of giving second chances, from hiring
> him.  As long as DD truly believes that someone has changed 
> (SEVERUS SNAPE, anyone?) he certainly will give them a chance.

Exactly my point of consideration too. Even if DD knows that 
Slughorn is a DE and even he has NOT changed, DD would still have 
hired him IF he saw a weak point which he can make use of to 
change him over to the good side. Right?

Brady.