Why didn't DD reveal Voldemort's identity?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 186802

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
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> Alla wrote:
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> >I do wonder why exactly Dumbledore did not scream at the top of his lungs the truth of who Tom Riddle really was. I am wondering if Dumbledore was so deep into his secrets that he thought that this will be something the world better not know, just as when he did not share his suspicions about Tom with anybody while he was still in school.
> > <snip>
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> Carol responds:
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> I think you must be right that Dumbledore thought that this information was something that the WW would be better off not knowing or he would have publicized it. The only reason I can think of is one that others have already mentioned, that it would interfere with his investigations.
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bboyminn:

I don't necessarily disagree with your analysis, but I will
point out that Dumbledore may have indeed revealed details of
Voldemort's past, just not to the world at large. But 
Dumbledore does seem to communicate with people at the Ministry,
if not the Minister himself. But they don't seem very eager
to hear what Dumbledore has to say. 

Like so much in government, they are not quick to reveal the
truth about anything. 

Now, exactly who at the Ministry Dumbledore told is uncertain,
but, as I said, he didn't keep in an absolute secret, but he
didn't go shouting it about either. That would have as we
seem to agree, have put a crimp in his plans and his research.

The only point I'm making is that just because we don't see
Dumbledore tell anyone, and just because the public in general
don't seem to know or want to know, doesn't mean Dumbledore
hasn't tried to tell key people the truth of the matter. Or at
least parts of the truth of the matter. 

So, just because we don't see it, doesn't mean it didn't happen.

On a similar but unrelated note, and something that makes me
laugh when I think about it, is Harry showing Scrimgeour the
scar on the back of his hand. Do we actually know that 
Scrimgeour knows about Umbridge's 'cutting quill' and how and
on whom she used it at school? 

If not, then Scrimgeour must be puzzled as to why Harry is 
always shaking his fist at him. I think we are meant to think
that Scrimgeour understands the gesture, but we don't know
that he does because the story never tells us so. So, 
every time Harry shakes his fist at Scrimgeour I laugh 
thinking that Scrimgeour can't figure out why, or can't 
understand the significants of it.

Again, I'm just re-emphasizing the point that just because we
didn't hear about it, doesn't mean it didn't happen.

Steve/bboyminn