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

[No Limberger]

No: HPFGUIDX 186959

>Magpie wrote:
>We were talking about why Dumbledore wouldn't want this information to be
>public.

No.Limberger responds:
If you know that there is a homicidal maniac on the loose such as LV, and
you know that this same homicidal maniac may kill anyone who knows
too much after he uses powerful magic to read their minds, would you
knowingly want to endanger others by telling them things that will
automatically make them targets if they are discovered to know too
much?

There are often very valid reasons for not sharing information with just
anyone.  Just because those reasons are not themselves well
understood does not imply that neither exist nor that they are not
important.  Dumbledore was a very wise man.  Did he make some
mistakes?  Yes, he's not perfect and I don't personally know anyone
who is.  But, again, if you are dealing with a power-hungry homicidal
maniac, what are you going to do, especially if you don't have
sufficient evidence to convict someone, let alone have charges
issued against them?  Voldemort tortured and killed people to
learn their secrets.  Voldemort would terrorize, torture and
murder innocent family members and friends of those that he
wanted to get information from.

Consider your local police department.  Do they publicize what
they know about individual that they're investigating?  No, I don't
think so.  Why?  Because it gives those that they are investigating
an opportunity to flee or alter/hide evidence that the police may be
looking for.  The only way to win in such situations is to be
secretive.  Dumbledore did exactly what he believed he had to do
given the circumstances and it is likely that most anyone else
would have done the same.


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