Plan to move Harry WAS: Re: Caring about people

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 184555

Pippin:
"You will have to give Voldemort the correct time of Harry's departure
from his aunt and uncle's," said Dumbledore. "Not to do so will raise
suspicion, when Voldemort believes you so well informed."
-DH ch 33.

It's not a matter of increasing Snape's standing, according to DD, but
of the certainty that it will *decrease* if Voldemort discovers that
he was misinformed. <SNIP>

Alla:

Honestly I do not see much difference and do not buy the certainty of 
that as I wrote before.



Pippin:
<SNIP>
The plan protected Snape so that Snape could protect Harry and the
students at Hogwarts. If it had not been Snape who needed to be
protected for that reason, it would have been somebody else. Would you
object to the Order being used for that purpose, or does it only
bother you because it's Snape?

Alla:

Just to clarify, I want to be sure that you are not producing any 
evidence on the topic that I am open to changing my view.

You are not saying that informing DE of the plan will help protect 
**Harry**, not protecting Snape in order for him to protect Harry in 
the future, but protect Harry as in – to make his transportation from 
Dursleys **safer**?


And  what do you mean it would have been somebody else? You mean 
Dumbledore would have groomed somebody else whom he would have placed 
in exact same position as Snape – years of spying, killing 
Dumbledore, etc?

Trust me, it would have bothered me tremendously no matter who that 
character would have been.


Magpie:
> It does increase the danger, that danger is just being described as
> unimportant while the danger of Snape not revealing the new date is
> imo exaggerated.

Zara:
<SNIP of the whole post>
To readers who consider it a given that the DEs would show up quickly
regardless...it really does not increase the danger.

Alla:

Since I completely agree with Magpie on this one, I then have to say 
that I find the proposition that DE will show up regardless of 
whether they are told or not told the date to be well, hard to 
understand.

I mean, they **will** show up most likely of course eventually, but 
as Magpie said, seconds can make such tremendous difference IMO.  If 
they know for sure, they are all there already, I mean full 
reinforcements and all that, just waiting to fight.

If they do not know, it is more likely than not that DE who are most 
likely watching do need **some** time at least to inform others, no?

JMO,

Alla