Percentage of blame (was Whom did Dumbledore torture and killed)

[juli17 at aol.com]

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Alla:

Oh how much I hate wasting a post on this, but just to be  clear I 
meant Dumbledore in this sentence not Snape.

But even with  Snape whom I would probably assign at least 50% 
liability for Potters  death, I still would not call him more 
responsible then  Voldemort.






Julie:
*At least* 50%?? That would in fact make Snape *as* responsible  as
Voldemort, or even more if you include Peter Pettigrew in the  equation.
Or does Peter get off because he supposedly feared for his life or  some
such? ;-)
 
Here is my personal assignation of blame for the Potters' deaths:
 
Voldemort: 65%. He actually KILLED them after all!
 
Pettigrew: 25%. He knowingly and willingly betrayed two of his  closest
friends to Voldemort. And made no effort whatsoever NOT to do so,  even
where he could have done it without risking his own safety--e.g. he  could
have refused to be their secret-keeper if he cared even a bit about  them,
and even while he continued his other Death-Eaterish activities.  Certainly
other DEs at the time would have found a way to spare those they  loved,
Lucius (his family), Snape (Lily, as we now know), etc, etc...
 
Snape: 7%. Yes, Snape gave Voldemort the information, but he also  tried
sincerely to undo what he'd done (way more than Ratboy above did),  even if 
it was
primarily for Lily's sake. That counts for something, especially when I  
compare
the full spectrum of his actions against those of the two  perpetrators above.
 
Dumbledore: 1%. How stupid is he anyway? Whether he knew with  certainty
that Snape was a DE, he did know that Snape associated with them  at Hogwarts,
and that Snape wasn't an Order member. Yet he doesn't bother to  Obliviate 
Snape
when Snape may have heard some or all of the Prophecy. (Pre-DH I might  have 
thought Oblivating without Proof was against Dumbledore's principle, but  
post-DH?
Please!)
 
Sirius: 1%. Given that Sirius treated Ratboy as little more than a  
sycophantic 
hanger-on who was lesser in every way than the other three, how could he  NOT
have suspected such lesser makeup might have included  character and courage?
Or at least that Ratboy might have some resentment issues over being  
constantly
reflected in the limelight of the Golden Duo throughout all their  
schooldays. 
 
James: 1%. See above. As part of said Golden Duo, he was pretty dim  too. And
who in their right mind would refuse *Dumbledore*--one of the greatest  
Wizards
who ever lived--as Secret-Keeper, then hand the lives of his family over to  
reasonably
competent at best Ratboy?
 
Truly there should have been more to this whole story than what we got,  
including
why James refused Dumbledore, what Dumbledore knew and why he let Snape  go
without obliviating him, why Sirius suspected Lupin and vice-versa, etc.  But 
JKR
didn't give it to us, so we can only work with what is there. And with our  
individual
opinions and valuations of course ;-)
 
Julie 
 
 



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