Who was responsible for Sirius' death?

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 167475

So SSSusan suggested:
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> > Yes, I say it's all Mr. & Mrs. Dumbledore's fault!
 
Lupinlore: 
> Well, that's fine with me.  DD really IS such a contemptible and
> incompetent idiot at times, and does have such a high tolerance for
> Harry in particular being abused, that another Headmaster would have
> been hard put to have messed things up any worse.  Even Voldums 
> could have been trusted to be more consistent and believable to 
> character.

SSSusan:
Erm... in your *opinion,* of course.


Lupinlore: 
> But, to get to the heart of the matter, how do you draw chains of
> causation?  If the history of Snape and the Marauders is in some 
> way a prime causal factor in present events, how can Dumbledore NOT 
> in some way be blamed?  Or is there a statute of limitations on 
> causation, that things can be traced back only X number of steps 
> and not any more?
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> On the other hand, its true that after a while chains of causation 
> get rather silly and unsupportable, at least in the moral sense.  

SSSusan:
Well, yeah.  That was rather our point, I do believe -- it was a 
joke.  Poking a little fun at those who perhaps take the chain of 
causation a wee bit too seriously in some people's opinions. :)  

I mean, it's rather like the old "For lack of a nail, a kingdom was 
lost," no?  While that chain is TRUE, it does get a little silly at 
some point.  

So where *is* it "okay" or "right" to stop in that chain?
We each make our own judgments on that; there is no universal "right" 
place.

Personally, I liked Kathy's pointing to Grawp. Heh.

Siriusly Snapey Susan