CHAPTER DISCUSSION: COS 14, Cornelius Fudge

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Replying to Pippin and Nikkalmati with apologies for cutting out your quotes completely - technical capability of the device is limited in that regard. Pippin I said nothing about agreeing with Malfoy's philosophy, I said I was cheering him on while knowing he was not in the slightest way concerned for Muggleborns. I certainly thought that Dumbledore was saying all the right words in that regard, but no I do not think he acted to protect those who least able to protect themselves. I certainly think that Katie Bell and Ron were least able to protect themselves than Draco Malfoy. Nikkalmati, no I was not as antiDumbledore when I read CoS for the first time or second time even. :) it all came gradually, it started with disliking him placing Harry at Dursleys but then for the long time I was thinking maybe he did not know how bad Harry was treated. Then I disliked that Dumbledore did not interfere to protect Harry from Snape, but again I thought oh maybe he did not know. But even if he did I thought that he still valued a life of the innocent, then I realized that he did not even bother to protect Sirius and decided that he was God and took Harry from him against Lily and James'wishes and then we had book six when he decided that Draco Malfoy is worth saving at the cost of innocent kids being put in danger. And book seven sold the deal for me, it was the peaque of learning the extent of Dumbledore's manipulativeness, certainly some of his actions were surprising that he would go that far, but in general it was just the icing of the cake. Raising an innocent boy in pain and misery to make sure he would love WW so much more than Dursleys and would have no objection to being its sacrificial lamb? Manipulating man in pain into lifetime of service and eventually insisting this man would pull the trigger? Merciless order to betray the Order even though it increases chance of deaths that could have been avoided otherwise? Oh I forgot about making sure that Harry would not tell any of the adults about his quest. I mean could it be that they would have better chances otherwise? I tend to really really hate manipulative characters especially if others are being hurt by their actions and unable to fight back. Usually it takes one or two actions by the character to make me hate him. Anybody is reading Dresden files series and its last book Changes? If you are, just to give you an example I am ready to hate Harry big time, Harry whom I adored for eleven books and all it took is one manipulation, one ruthless action, which I will not describe it here for spoiler reasons. Albus Dumbledore screwed and hurt so many innocent lives IMO that I could have started hating him long long time ago. Must stop I can vent for a long time and of course everything I said is just my opinion.
Alla