[HPforGrownups] Re: Protecting Students

[Margaret Dean]

No: HPFGUIDX 189393

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:51 PM, No Limberger <no.limberger at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >AmanitaMuscaria wrote:

> >AmanitaMuscaria wrote:
> >As to your question, I think Dumbledore seems to take a Wizarding view of
> >children - let them find out for themselves - and Snape, a more Muggle
> >conventional view - they must be restricted in what they do.
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> No.Limberger responds:
> Dumbledore did plenty to protect students from harm. As for Snape, given his
> childhood, he probably just doesn't trust them and only finds solace when he
> believes they're controlled.

Another thing that occurs to me is how much =older= Dumbledore is than
Snape.  Whether you peg his age as 150 or a mere 115, he was still
born in the 19th century, when even Muggles had a much different
attitude to risk (for children or anyone else) than they did by the
late 20th century.


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean56 at gmail.com>