Dumbledore lied to Harry... AGES ago

[jkoney65]

No: HPFGUIDX 175672

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "allies426" <AllieS426 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> PS page 300 canon:
> 
> <<DD:  And then your father did something Snape could never forgive.
> Harry: What?
> DD:  He saved his life.  <snip>  I do believe he worked so hard to 
> protect you this year because he felt that would make him and your 
> father even.  Then he could go back to hating your father's memory 
> in peace.>>
> 
> WHAT????  If you believe (and I do) that JKR had the whole thing 
> mapped out from the beginning, this makes no sense.  Dumbledore 
> clearly knew that Snape was protecting Harry out of love for Lily, 
> and the promise he made Dumbledore after she died.  We have seen 
> Dumbledore redirect Harry, and lie via omission, but I can't recall 
> another outright lie like that.  We have NO REASON to think that 
> Snape felt anything of the sort.
> 
> Allie (who still worships the old man, but finds this a little 
> disappointing)


Jack-A-Roe:
What else could Dumbledore do? He had promised Snape that he wouldn't 
reveal the secret that he was actually supposed to be protecting 
Harry. There is also the possibility of a life debt forming when 
James saved Snape. If there was a life debt it could also be true 
that was acting in response to the life debt. Therefore Dumbledore 
didn't lie, he just didn't tell the entire truth