Why didn't DD reveal Voldemort's identity? Some Tigana spoilers

[sistermagpie]

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> >Magpie wrote [SNIP]:
> >Dumbledore being obsessed with knowing stuff other people don't
> 
> No.Limberger responds:
> The only thing that I would say Dumbledore was obsessed with was
> to defeat LV.

Magpie:
Not to the point where it overrided his natural personality. As I said elsewhere, it's not that Dumbledore's saying "Well, I want to defeat him, but I'd rather keep this secret!" It's that Dumbledore naturally thinks, "Hmm, how will I defeat him? Well, obviously it's important that I keep everything very secret so only I know it..." One of the main things his team is known for is being completely in the dark about what Dumbledore's really doing and it doesn't actually particularly help anything. It's just the way Dumbledore operates. Which is why one of the main things about being on his team is having personal faith in Dumbledore's wisdom.


> >Magpie wrote:
> >Everyone on the planet should never be limited to Dumbledore's choices.
> 
> No.Limberger responds:
> We are all limited each day by other people's choices. 

Magpie:
That's not what I meant. I wasn't saying that people should not have to suffer from the effects of Dumbledore's choices--obviously, as you say, that's pointless. He makes a choice, there are consequences. 

What I meant was that I would never ever hold up Dumbledore's choices as the model of what everyone should do, because Dumbledore's got his own problems. Just because he did something does not mean another plan would be a bad idea. It just means this is what Dumbledore did. 


No.Limberger:
> Thus, while you accuse Dumbledore of being obsessive and greedy
> for knowledge, I completely disagree.  Dumbledore made choices
> that he believed were right at the time.  If he realized that he was
> wrong about something, he was not too ashamed to admit it.  An
> individual as obsessed as you claim would never be willing to
> admit a mistake since that would require sharing information that
> they aren't willing to share in the first place.

Magpie:
I say that he was both--and there's plenty of canon to back this up. He didn't consider anyone on his level enough to discuss plans. Things worked out because the author had no intention of not making them work out but that doesn't, imo, mean that everything Dumbledore did was necessary for things to work out. Another person under the same set of circumstances might have found plenty of things he did strange and counter-productive, or would have had a different style of working. I know I felt that way throughout OotP. Dumbledore assures Harry he was doing what he felt was best there too. That doesn't mean he was correct and I'm just not wise enough to see it. We just disagreed.

-m