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[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 179746

> lizzyben: 
> 
> Oh, but he does confess:
> 
> "Master of Death, Harry, master of Death! Was I better, ultimately, 
> than Voldemort?"
> "Of course you were," said Harry. "You never killed if you could 
> avoid it!"
> "True, true," said Dumbledore, and he was like a child seeking 
> reassurance. (DH)
> 
> I think that's as close to a confession as we'll ever get from 
> Dumbledore for anything. Harry's ringing endorsement (you only 
> killed people when you had to!) actually *reassures* Dumbledore. 
> When he says, "true, true", he's admitting that he's killed people 
> in the past, & accepting Harry's reassurance that it was all done 
> for the greater good. That's a whole lot more than Ariana

Pippin:

Dumbledore has not yet spoken of his guilt and shame for 
Ariana's death when he says this...we're supposed to be unsure of
what Harry is talking about. We've already heard Harry's theory
that Dumbledore felt responsible for Ariana's death but we don't
know yet whether it's correct. 

As it turns out, the mere thought that he might learn for certain that he 
was guilty of Ariana's death  almost paralyzed Dumbledore, and yet you 
claim he knows he's killed loads of other people too? I don't buy it. 

One could just  as well claim that when Lupin said he was too dangerous 
for Tonks he was confessing to murdering Sirius Black. 

Pippin