[HPforGrownups] Re: Who was responsible for Sirius' death?

[Magpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 167846

 Dana:
> No other Order Member seemed to think someone needed to stay behind to
> inform DD either. They all seemed to agree to leave it up to Kreacher.
> It is interesting to blame Sirius for that, while there where other
> Order Members present as well. It wasn't just Sirius call. Just because
> they couldn't make Sirius stay behind, when his Godson was in danger,
> doesn't mean no one else could have made the choice to wait for DD. It
> seems that all Order Members thought it more important to go right
> away, do you consider them reckless or unreasonable too? All of them
> rushed out prepared to risk their life's. And accoording to many, Snape
> could not know, Sirius was at risk of dying, so then his request for
> Sirius to stay behind could not be related to keeping him safe either.
> JMHO

Magpie:
I agree. Sirius is being kept in GP all year so that he won't be caught by 
the Ministry. It's not like Sirius is a child whose personal safety is most 
important. He's an Order member who would therefore be expected to risk his 
life as much as any other. Sirius takes an extra risk because there's always 
the danger that he'll be caught and put in jail again because his name 
hasn't been cleared. That's the reason Sirius is expected not to go along. 
Not because Sirius is somehow more in danger than any other Order member in 
a fight. If Snape told Sirius to stay behind, or if the Order did, it would 
be because it was understood Sirius didn't go out in public, not because any 
of them thought Sirius had to be kept out of a fight more than they had to 
be.

The Order seems fine with Sirius coming along. Any one of them could have 
chosen to stay behind if Sirius wasn't if it was so important that DD be 
informed that way. But I don't think there's a real problem with Dumbledore 
hearing the truth that can be blamed on Sirius.

I do continue to not understand how Snape is supposed to ever be holding off 
to give Lucius time to get Harry. Snape has no idea what time Harry left for 
the MoM, he doesn't necessarily even know how Harry is traveling and how 
long it will take him. So I don't see how he can be calculating for the 
relative short delay the fight at the MoM takes compared to the hours it 
would take for Harry to get to the MoM. If he had simply continued to be 
ignorant of Harry's surprising flight to the MoM, he could have just joined 
the Order in lamenting Harry's rash action with probably only Sirius 
accusing him of being responsible.

-m