Blood protection/ Dumbledore and Harry

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 158538

> > Michelle here:
> > Not every person that starts out in ugly or even not so nice 
> > situations turns out messed up. Some of us are stronger for it.  
> > More compassionate... more sensitive to feelings and in touch 
with 
> > others weaknesses.  Not everyone turns to rage or violence when 
> > verbally or physically abused.  That's one of the things I 
connected 
> > with most with Harry... he didn't turn dish out what he got... 
he 
> > gave what he lacked.
> 
> Magpie:
<snip>  I'm not denying there 
> are plenty of people like that in the world.  But I still think 
it's 
> unlikely someone would suggest that putting a kid in a home where 
he's 
> despised and made to understand he's considered he's considered 
less 
> than the biological child of the house is a good thing, or a great 
way 
> to produce a kind, compassionate or well-adjusted person. Just as 
> there are people who grew up in awful and even abusive situations 
who 
> grew into loving, successful people, there are plenty of examples 
of 
> people who were raised in abusive situations and became abusive or 
> self-destructive or despairing.  <SNIP>


Alla:

Precisely Magpie. I agree again. To me the question is not whether 
Harry would or would not turn out relatively well adjusted person, 
but why would one risk the **possibility** of something to the 
contrary happening, **especially** seeing the example of Tom Riddle.

And Harry of course turned out much more compassionate person than 
one could expected, but in some situations he reacts as someone who 
did not have normal family IMO and JKR as much as said that he is 
damaged ( what else could have damaged him but Dursleys' upbringing 
IMO).

That is why Dumbledore who was hoping that Dursleys would not abuse 
Harry and would love him ( the way I read DD in that infamous 
scene :)) works better for me than the one who erm... knew that 
Harry will have dark and difficult years in front of him.

But again, I know that I have to grudgingly accept that Dumbledore 
is placing Harry with Dursleys for his safety, it is just the things 
that he seems to coldly take away from Harry while supposedly 
putting him in the safety of the blood protection makes me want to 
slap him :) As I said, I would have  a bit easier time swallowing it 
if I would have seen that DD's measures were not in vain. Oh well 
maybe there would be attack on Privet Drive in book 7 and curse will 
bounce off Harry or something, one can hope.

JMO,

Alla