Cold Fish Dumbledore

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 154222

 Irene:
> I'm not opposed to your theory. One can't help
> thinking that Dumbledore's handling of the whole
> James-Snape-Sirus-Harry mess suggests a complete
> emotinal deafness, but... What stops me from embracing
> it completely, is that stupid "epitome of goodness"
> comment. I can't see how that could apply to a
> reformed sociopath. Or even to a sociopath that
> contained his tendencies through a mental effort.
> 

Pippin:
Funny, that's the exact opposite of how I see it. If
the emphasis is on *choices* then surely someone
who does  right by choice is a better example of what
Rowling means by goodness than someone who does right
by instinct, or by habits formed in childhood.

And if the emphasis is on choosing right over what is
easy, then the harder the choice is, the more praise it
deserves. Faramir said it better than me, when Sam
praised him for rejecting the Ring, "Yet there was nought
in this to praise. I had no lure or desire to do other
than I have done." LOTR-The Two Towers, Book 2 ch 5.

Pippin