[HPforGrownups] Re: Why didn't DD reveal Voldemort's identity?

[No Limberger]

No: HPFGUIDX 186947

>Carol wrote:
> If Dumbledore revealed even the small fact of Voldemort's identity,
>the names of his parents and the fact that his father was a rich
<Muggle from Little Hangleton, Voldemort would not only suspect
>but *know* that Dumbledore was investigating his past.

>Magpie responded:
>Which is not, imo, so huge a deal as to justify Dumbledore helping
>Voldemort hide everything about himself.

No.Limberger responds:
I disagree with this conclusion.  At no time did Dumbledore help
Voldemort.  Yes, Dumbledore attempted to help Tom Riddle when he
was young, but not when Riddle became the infamous dark wizard.

Knowledge is power.  Given what Voldemort was doing for years to
harm others in order to extract information from them, there is
very good reason why Dumbledore didn't want Voldemort to even
know that he was investigating his past, let alone reveal how much
he had learned about Voldemort.

>Magpie wrote:
>Dumbledore has a history of concealing information even when
>it would be helpful.

No.Limberger responds:
Dumbledore concealed information when he believed it was for the
greater good.  Sometimes, he was wrong; but overall, he was
cautious and did everything possible to fight Voldemort as
secretly as possible.

>Magpie wrote:
>I don't get how the WW would have been hurt during the first
>Voldemort War by Dumbledore letting them know this was Tom
>Riddle from Hogwarts. (Which I believe at the time was all he
>knew anyway.) Dumbledore never needs reasons beyond his
>penchant for secrecy. Or rather, his penchant for secrecy compels
>him to make up convoluted justifications in his own mind for hiding
>information that would actually have been pbviously helpful.

No.Limberger responds:
The more Voldemort knew that he was being investigated, the more
he would have done to hide as much as possible not only about his
past, but also about his current activities.  There are very good
reasons for secrecy and I totally agreed with how Dumbledore
concealed how much he knew about Voldemort.


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