Hi Carol - question about your DADA curse theory

[Constance Vigilance]

No: HPFGUIDX 162200

I've been in my coma so long that I'm behind the times on previous 
threads on the DADA curse.

Part of my thesis is that that the "DADA curse" was a distraction 
(lie!) on the part of Dumbledore specifically to cover up the 
continued animatory status of Quirrell. The curse is fishy to me 
because first, there is no comment about it in Book 1. One would 
expect something like "Dumbledore has been having quite a bit of 
trouble over the past 40 years keeping someone in this post." You 
would think such a multi-decade pattern would be noticed, no?

Secondly, there is no notice of Quirrell being new or new to an 
assignment in the first book. One must believe that he occupied that 
position for at least the previous year. Quirrell can not have been 
subject to the DADA curse, if there even was such a thing.

I've come to believe that Dumbledore, who has promised that he would 
never lie, did exactly that in reference to Quirrell because Quirrell 
is such an important secret to keep. Dumbledore is such an inexpert 
fibber that he posted a whopper that is easily debunked. And yet, he 
seems to have gotten away with it.

Thanks for responding to my post!

CV