Dumbledore WAS: Re: Love and Joy vs. Hate and Despair

[June Ewing]

No: HPFGUIDX 190918

> Pippin:
> <snip> But I do think we are supposed to see Dumbledore as acting
for the common good, except for those occasions when he admits that
he behaved selfishly. And I do think there were also occasions when
> external forces kept Dumbledore from doing as he would have liked.

> Nikkalmati:
> <snip> I think we are meant to see that anyone who believes he
> percieves the greater good and that it is his mission to direct
other people toward achieving it is dangerous. Who is to say that
this person has it right all the time? If knowledge is power and he
does not share his knowledge, how can he avoid abusing his power?
> JKR goes to some trouble to show us that DD has a past that has
> been covered up. His own brother, who knows him well, does not
approve of his methods. Even with his good intentions, I believe,
> we have to conclude that DD is a flawed character.


June:
Dumbledore is a flawed character, that is true. Aren't we all? That
does not make someone good or evil. Dumbledore is still one of the
good guys, flaws and all.