Who was responsible for Sirius' death? Who else--Dumbles, of course

[JLyon]

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Voldie
Bella
Snape
DoubleDumb
and, finally, last but not least
DoubleDumb

I still have heard of no justification for keeping the prophesy  
secret that was worth anyone dying. If DD truly wanted Harry to know,  
he would have found someone to teach Harry occlumency. At the very  
least, he would have told Harry that Voldie wanted the prophesy and  
that he might use Harry to get at it. This would have, for once, been  
the truth and would have allowed Harry nearly nine months to think  
about any visions in terms of being Voldie's actual actions or just  
visions to lead Harry into trouble.

If I had to lay the blame, it would be with DD. He knew what could  
happen and did nothing intelligent to prevent it.

It can not be Harry's fault, except based on hindsight (which is  
ALWAYS so clear after an event has unfolded). Since Harry had only  
had "true visions," there was no way for Harry to accept that it  
could be a false vision. He was as convinced that it was true as  
Arthur being bitten by a great big snake. It wasn't Sirius's fault  
except to the degree that talking instead of fighting led to his  
death. Again, as I remember, DD had the situation in hand and gave  
Sirius no support. Nobody supported Sirius against the deadliest DE.
I lay almost all of Harry's problems (including getting Harry's  
parents into safety) at DD's high-heeled and silver-buckled boots.
DD died being the worst headmaster and the worst mentor there has  
probably ever been in fiction. Any headmaster would have been fired  
after any one of Harry's years--and Minnie-the-robot would have been  
canned also. Of course, that would also lead to firing the staff DE,  
Sybil, and exorcising at least one ghost. Hogwarts must be a running  
joke to the rest of the world.

JLyon