GoF fight between Harry and Ron/On perfection of moral virtues

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 168932


> Alla:
> 
> Oh. Harry **lied** to Ron now? He did not tell him everything that 
> happened, that's for sure.

Pippin:

"Listen," said Harry. "I didn't put my name in that goblet. Someone
else must've done it."

Ron raised his eyebrows.

"What would they do that for?"
"I dunno," said Harry. He felt it would sound very melodramatic
to say, "To kill me."
--GoF ch 17

Harry thinks he *does* know. He says he doesn't. He's not
hiding the truth from a curious stranger, he's hiding it from 
his best friend, and not even giving him a reason for it.
 
When  Dumbledore hid the  prophecy from Harry he gave his 
honest reason for it: Harry was too young. Dumbledore
 also hid other information that he thought Harry
would not need to know. For example, Harry would not
have  needed to know about horcruxes if Voldemort made 
only one and it had been destroyed. He would not need to 
know that Draco was planning to murder Dumbledore if 
Draco was in fact incapable of murder. He would not need to 
know that Snape was the eavesdropper if Snape had been 
granted amnesty. 


But if Harry thought Ron didn't need to  know why someone
had put Harry's name in the goblet or that knowing this would
endanger Ron, then he should've been happy that Ron got
the wrong end of the stick. But he wasn't. He  withheld
his faith from Ron and still expected Ron to have faith in him.
That wasn't fair.

Pippin