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

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, JLyon <jnoyl at ...> wrote:
>
> 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
 
Jenni from Alabama responds:
As I said in a previous post, add Kreacher to that list. Harry 
actually checked to see if Sirius was at Headquaters. It was Kreacher 
who told him he was gone. If Harry had known Sirius was there, he'd 
have never left for the battle to begin with. He'd have stayed at 
Hogwarts and Sirius would still be alive.

JMHO,
Jenni