Harry as godfather (Was: Sirius Black's role in DH -- why?)

[Dana]

No: HPFGUIDX 179257

Carol:
> That's twice you've stated that I made this claim. However, as you
> didn't actually quote me, I had to go back to see what I actually
> said. To quote my own post:
> 
> Carol, hoping that you understand my argument more clearly now and
> trying once again to bow out of this thread
<huge snip>

Dana:
This was not the post I initially applied to and secondly I did quote 
you in my initial reply, which let to the responses of several people 
who thus should also have been aware of the part I quoted. 

Your post I responded to is this one.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/179188

And the piece I specifically responded to is this: 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/179192

Carol responds:
> > Recklessness (as, surely, even his most devoted fans agree), is 
Sirius Black's defining characteristic. Not only did his arrest after 
his reckless decision to go after Pettigrew himself cost the child 
Harry a relationship with his godfather from infancy to age thirteen.
<snip>

Dana: 
You specifically said here that it was due to Sirius' reckless 
decision to go after Peter that it cost Harry his connection to his 
Godfather and that wasn't the case as I have mentioned now several 
times. 
I was not debating the legality of his guardianship as a Godfather, 
nor was I debating the idea that DD should hand over Harry to a 
suspected traitor without checking things out first. 

What I have been debating is that his decision to go after Peter had 
nothing to do with the loss of the connection between Harry and 
himself because DD had already made his decision before Sirius made 
his. 
If DD really was that concerned with Harry's welfare as many on this 
list seem to want to bring forward, then he owed it to Harry to make 
absolutely sure beyond any doubt that in fact yes, Sirius had 
betrayed his parents but DD never bothered to do so. 

Personally I do not think that when Sirius and Harry's Parents 
decided to change secret keeper, they ever envisioned that as a 
consequence of Peter's betrayal, Sirius would be dubbed traitor and 
thus risk losing custody over Harry. It is easy to state in hindsight 
that they should have known this or should have known that but if 
they had known then they wouldn't have put their trust in Peter now 
would they? DD on the other hand should have made absolutely sure 
that Sirius was in fact guilty as charged before he placed his final 
judgment on the kid's appointed guardian. 

But enough said just wanted to point out the post and the part I 
really responded to. 

JMHO

Dana