Draco and Dumbledore LONG, beware

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 160199

 Pippin:
> <SNIP>
> Draco, black sheep though he might
> > be, is not yet a murderer. As such, he was still part of 
> > Dumbledore's responsibility and it was  as much Dumbledore's duty
> > to protect him as it was to protect Harry or Katie or Ron. 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> No, he is just attempted murderer.

Pippin:
And Ron is an attempted murder for all the times he has attacked
Draco, and the Twins are attempted murderers for Montague,
and Hermione is an attempted murderer for Umbridge, and Ginny
is an attempted murderer for stealing back the diary when she
knew it was making her attack people, and Harry is an attempted
murderer for sectum sempra and most of all Sirius was an attempted
murderer for the prank. How dare Dumbledore suggest Harry and
Hermione risk their lives and their futures for the sake of an
attempted murderer , especially since if Harry were lost
the whole WW could be lost too! Wasn't Dumbledore putting not
only his students but the whole WW at risk for the sake of an 
attempted murderer then too?


 I know there may be extenuating circumstances, but why be 
willing to accept extenuating circumstances for all these other 
people and not Draco?

> Alla:
> 
> Yes, I know the story,yes, I see the metaphor, but no, I do not see 
> it as sound management advice, because from my point of view what we 
> have here is that the sheep can be lost metaphorically, but it also 
> causes danger to the other stock.
> 
> It may be looked as beatiful spiritual story, or an idiocy, take your 
> pick.
> 

Pippin:
The people who first heard the story were  familiar with sheep,
and wouldn't have accepted the metaphor if they thought it 
was idiocy.   The flock is safe in its numbers -- reduce the 
numbers and the flock's danger grows, even if you are culling the 
weakest. And Draco, as I have tried to point out, and JKR has 
certainly shown, is far from the weakest and has strengths that the 
others need.

Pippin