[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore does Lie-Part II, Snape Turned

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 159762

Mike:
Why does Dumbledore lie to Harry after Harry finds out it was Snape? 
Partly because Dumbledore needs Harry to still trust him (DD). He is not
through with Harry's lessons and they are about to set out on a perilous
mission. I'm sure part of Dumbledore's pause (on HBP p.549) before he
answered Harry was thinking, "Can I afford to get Harry pissed off at me
right now?" Of course the answer is no, the true story will have to wait.
Although Dumbledore knew he was dying, I'm not so sure that he thought he
would be killed that night.

S


hurry:

In other words, are you saying that you think Dumbledore, Snape and Abe,
purposely, coldly and with definite malice aforethought, set up an innocent
family, a child?  If this scenario is true, it makes Dumbledore into a
monster equal to Voldemort.  The way I'm reading what you're saying is that
DD told Snape what to say to Voldemort.  He couldn't possibly have thought
this would not cause Voldemort to go after children born as the seventh
month dies.  I don't think JKR could conceivably call Dumbledore the epitome
of goodness and then try to have us swallow this scenario.  It would be
Dumbledore's fault, that the Potters were murdered and Harry orphaned.  No
matter how much he may have done it for the supposed greater good--how I
hate that concept--it doesn't lessen his culpability in the deaths.  It
makes everyone involved into mind-boggling terrible people, that they would
risk a child's life for some idiotic plan to set up Voldemort.  I'd have to
go looking for Lupinlore's mulching machine and hope that cassettes and CD's
would make fine mulch for his garden.

I do want to say however, that you really laid out a brilliant theory, even
if it is quite sinister!  Very impressive.

Sherry