Did Dumbly Deserve what he got?

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 152933

divya_thomas1:
>
> Personally, I think he deserved what he got for trusting Snape. 
Snape
> was evil and everyone knowing the fact he was a death eater did not
> trust him. And Maybe if there is an unbreakable vow between Snape 
and
> Dumbledore, it would have been cancelled the moment he killed
> Dumbledore and Snape must have planned this all the way. Any 
Arguments?

Ceridwen:
First, what sort of UV are you talking about?  I personally think 
that UVs are, if not Dark magic, then so close that DD would not ask 
his people to take one.  Dumbledore so far has shown himself to 
prefer voluntary promises from his people, as when he asked Harry to 
follow all of his orders without question before taking him to the 
sea cave.

Second, if Snape planned to kill Dumbledore, then why didn't he do it 
in a more subtle manner?  He had the chance to allow DD to die from 
the curse which killed his hand.  Instead, he saved him.  I hope I'm 
interpreting 'Snape must have planned this all the way' correctly 
here!

Third, it was Draco's assignment from LV to kill Dumbledore.  We hear 
through Harry's eavesdropping that Snape was trying to find out what 
Draco was doing as late as Christmas.  He may have known the 
assignment, he may not have.

Fourth, others trusted Snape on DD's word, but Dumbledore had some 
special knowledge that we don't know, and that he didn't see fit to 
share with anyone else.  If Snape having been a Death Eater was all 
there was to it, then I might agree.  But all through the series, 
whenever the subject is brought up, Dumbledore asserts that he trusts 
Snape completely.  And in HBP there is a moment, after Harry finds 
out from Trelawney that Snape is the one who overheard the Prophecy, 
when it looks like DD will say more, perhaps give a reason.  He 
decides against this, but it does strongly imply that there is more 
to what DD knows than just Snape's public history.  In any event, we 
can't judge DD based on what someone else knows.  Until we know what 
Dumbledore knew, we are left with speculation.

Ceridwen.