What if...? - My last minute theory

[esmith222002]

No: HPFGUIDX 172076

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vmonte" <vmonte at ...> wrote:
>
> I wrote:
> No, I meant that he (Dumbledore) may have had a checkered past.
> He may have not been a good guy when he was younger.
> 
> Miss Vassy responded: 
> Sorry that I missed the point. I agree that Dumbledore probably has a 
> checkered past. I wonder if it has to do with the Grindewald?
> 
> vmonte again: 
> Yes, I think so. JKR would have given us Grindewald's life story 
> before now, unless there was something unpleasant about Dumbledore 
she 
> didn't want anyone to know. Did they start out as friends? I'll 
> probably be wrong about this too. lol
>

Brothergib:
DD seems at great pains in HBP to try and find any humanity in LV. To 
illustrate to Harry that there are reasons why LV should be pitied. Let 
us suppose that DD killed (AK'd?) Gindelwald. Maybe this action has 
haunted DD for the rest of his life - that he acted without pity. Maybe 
he doesn't want Harry to follow the same path?