Blood Wards of Privet Drive Clarification... (was: Re: Why wasn't Harry sent.. )

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 150246

Carol earlier"
> > ...
> > As for the blood protection not protecting him from the Dementors,
of course it doesn't. He's on Magnolia Crescent, not Privet Drive, 
... Dumbledore and the Order tell him not to leave the house for 
> > any reason; he's safe there .... 
> 
> bboyminn: 
> This much I agree with, however, I have a problem with the next part.
> 
> > Carol continues:
> > But if the Dementors return, or if the Death Eaters show up ..., 
Harry will not be safe.
> > 
> 
> bboyminn: 
> 
> Do you really believe that? I know, as previously quoted by others,
Dumbledore specifically mentions Voldemort when he explains the
protection of blood to Harry. But Dumbledore also mentions Death
Eaters and Voldemort supporters in similar conversations about the
Blood Protection.

Carol again:
Oy! I meant if they return and he's outside, he wouldn't be safe,
which is why he was ordered to stay in the house,where no one--LV,
DEs, Dementors, or even the Dursleys themselves--can hurt him (until
the protection expires on his seventeenth birthday).

> 
Steve:
> Perhaps, I am reading your statement wrong, you seem to imply that
Harry is only protected from Voldemort while at the Dursleys. I say,
or at least I think, that Harry is protected from /anyone/ wanting to
do him REAL harm.

Carol:
Apparently you misunderstood my argument, which I admit was unclearly
worded. I think he's only safe *in the house*, which is why both
Sirius Black and Mr. Weasley ordered him not to leave the house for
any reason ("A Peck of Owls," OoP). But the protection, as I'm sure I
said, extends beyond LV to anyone inside the house, including the
Dursleys. (I mentioned Aunt Petunia's frying pan not hitting Harry and
Uncle Vernon receiving an electric shock when he tries to choke Harry.)

Also, DD says, "While you can still call home the place where your
mother's blood dwells, *there* you cannot be harmed." No mention of
any place else. (But in that context, the protection seems to refer to
Voldemort alone, which makes no sense in connection with the orders to
stay in the house.)

Carol, who really didn't want to post again on this topic but felt
compelled to clarify her response