Harry's arrogance /Evil Snape.

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> wynnleaf
> Exactly.  Poor, poor Dumbledore -- he spotted Tom Riddle as 
untrustworthy 
> within 5 minutes, but can spend 16 years working with someone and 
still not 
> have a clue. 

Alla:

YES, he did, but he did something very similar with Tom Riddle as he 
did with Snape, no?

He did not SHARE his suspicions with anybody, he supposedly kpet an 
eye on Tom himself, but obviously did not act on his suspicions, no?

Isn't that a very similar mistake? If one believes that DD made a 
mistake of course.


Wynnleaf:
> Dumbledore is either trustworthy or he's not.   He's either a very 
> intelligent wizard who has a terrific amount of insight, or he's 
not.  I'm 
> not saying Dumbledore has to be perfect, but if Harry's the one 
that's right 
> about Snape -- even though Dumbledore had far more knowledge of the 
facts 
> about Snape than Harry ever did -- then Dumbledore can't be 
anywhere nearly 
> the brilliant wizard he's supposed to be.  Instead, he becomes a 
very 
> deluded man.   I honestly don't think JKR wants part of the "moral 
of the 
> story" to be "forgiveness is too risky and second chances are given 
by blind 
> fools."

Alla:

Um, why does he become deluded if he trusts the wrong person?

It is never a bad thing to give a second chance to the undeserving 
person IMO. It shows that Dumbledore has faith in people. It is THAT 
person misgiving who rejects the second chance.

I don't think that JKR will show that second chances are given by 
blind fools, but that sometimes people reject second chances and 
fallen from grace so to speak.

JKR said as much that Dumbledore very detached that he DOES make 
emotional mistakes and we IMO saw it, so is it such a big stretch to 
believe that he DID make that mistake with Snape.

BUT I think she would also show that DD was right in a sense when 
Snape "latent" good qualities would finally show up at the end and he 
would do the right thing by dying for Harry or something like that.

Of course this is NOT DD!M Snape, who faithfully follows DD orders 
all the time, this is a conflicted, pathetic man, but that is how I 
see it, today anyways.

JMO,

Alla