Defense of DD re Dursleys..

[puduhepa98 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 152968

>Lupinlore
<snip>   Dumbledore's reprehensible 
>failure to  intervene at the Dursleys or to prevent Snape's abuse of 
>Harry cannot be  excused on those grounds -- which it often is.  "If DD 
>had  restrained the Dursleys the story would be boring."  "If DD had  
>restrained Snape the story would be boring."  Nonsense!  Such  an 
>excuse is only a cop out, and in no way gets the "epitome of  goodness" 
>out of the hot water his manifold sins of omission have landed  him in.

Nikkalmati:
We are assuming that DD knew what was going on at the Dursley's and I  am not 
sure he did.  The Muggle world and the WW are supposed to stay  as separate 
as possible.  I am struck when listening to Hagrid in  PS/SS how shocked he is 
to find out Harry does not know anything about Hogwarts  or his parents and 
that he had not been given the letter DD left for him.   Apparently, Hagrid and 
also DD did not have a way of spying on the  Dursleys.  Harry does not 
complain to Mrs. Figg when he stays with  her.  I know the letters from Hogwarts were 
addressed to Harry in the  cupboard under the stairs, in the smallest bedroom 
etc. but I think the letter  were addressed magically.  Just as owls can 
always find the addressee  wherever he or she is, the letters were addressed by 
some magic power  and did not indicate that DD knew what was going on at Privit 
Drive  IMO.
Nikkalmati   



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