varying views of characters

[dumbledore11214]

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> alla wrote:
> > I always felt that Dumbledore had some sort of moral obligation to actually go and check a little bit deeper into Sirius' guilt or innocence.
> 
> Bart:
>      The problem, of course, is that we do not know what happened after 
> Peter blew up the muggles and escaped. We have good reason to believe, 
> but don't know, that Sirius never protested his innocence, but took full 
> responsibility. We also don't know whether or not Dumbledore tried to 
> speak to Sirius afterwards, or even if he succeeded.

Alla:

Don't you think that Dumbledore's trying to talk to Sirius and Sirius refusing to do so would have been too important not to mention anywhere in the book?

And of course we know that Dumbledore actually testified at the whatever semblance of the hearing Ministry conducted and gave "evidence" that Sirius was Potters' Secret keeper. For me it is a pretty clear indication that no, Dumbledore did not do anything of the sort like trying to talk to Sirius.

Steve replies:

First you are assuming Dumbledore did nothing. I'm sure he made his case to the
Ministry, but they were not holding the best attitude with regard to Dumbledore
at the time, and I'm sure completely discounted his statements. <BIG SNIP>


Alla:

Of course I am. See my reply to Bart. I think if it happened, it would have been mentioned. IMO of course. And we have canon that Dumbledore did the exact opposite.

Steve:
<SNIP>
Just because something doesn't happen on the page, doesn't mean it doesn't
happen.


Alla:

I LOVE LOVE speculating based on canon, but IMO if we decide that just because something is not shown it did not happen, it is stretching things a bit too much. I do not see the slightest canon suport to make an inference that Dumbledore tried to help Sirius and pretty huge fact (his testimony) that he did not try that.

Just my opinion of course.

Alla