Identifying with Muggles - The Dursley and 'Terrifying' Abuse/ OOP clues -

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 158195

bboyminn quoting Marion:
>> Marion carries on in this vein -
> 
> "They were forced, by Dumbledore, to accept Harry as 
> their 'guest',..."
> 
> "But they did not *choose* to take in the boy.(Harry)"

> bboyminn:
> 

> First and foremost, the Dusleys have a legal and social
> obligation to look after Harry. Yes, is is a legal and
> social obligation they can legally and socially refuse, 
> but until they refuse it, the obligation is theirs.
< HUGE SNIP>

Alla:

Steve, I want to stand up and give you big round of applauds for this 
post, in fact ITA with every word of it.

But to make it not complete **me too** I want to add something - I 
would understand the POV of Dursleys not having the obligation much 
better if they were not the closest family Harry has, since they are 
**not** strangers to Harry, this argument does not work for me.
 
bboyminn:
<SNIP>
I know for my
> self, and I suspect for others, making Dumbledore case 
> here, is not to counter your gut feeling, but to counter
> the extreme rhetoric we see. Feel free to not like 
> Dumbledore here, but keep the conversation within the 
> bounds of what actually occurred.

Alla:

YES, precisely.

 
> In that context, my statement -
> 
> "OH MY GOD! Dumbledore annoyed the Dusleys, he should 
> be shot!"
> 
> does make some sarcastic sense. 
> 
> Steve/bboyminn
>

Alla:

Well, suggestion was made to knife Dumbledore, no?

Sounds like a plan to me to punish the headmaster :) 

> > Abergoat writes:
> >
> > ... it continues to baffle me that so many readers aren't
> > bothered by the fact that Dumbledore, head of the highest 
wizarding
> > court of law, gave 'evidence' that Sirius was the Secret Keeper.
<SNIP>

> Kemper now:
> I don't recall that Dumbledore gave 'evidence' to the Wizengamot 
that
> condemned Sirius.  I do recall that he gave 'evidence' that to 
pardon
> Snape.
> Will you site passages for me, so that I can look it up?  I would 
like
> to re-read those sections.

Alla:

I will look up passages for you when I get home, but I am 99.99% sure 
that he indeed did it.

Makes one wonder indeed and goes IMO to show how wrong Dumbledore can 
be and that he is not infallible and could be deceived in important 
matters

JMO,

Alla