Dumbledore's Unspeakable Word

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Kneasy snipped:

Nope. It's not possible to love someone/everyone that you've never 
met, never heard of - unless you're John Donne or pissed.

Snow:

Or
Harry Potter because I think he has made quite an admiral attempt 
at this so far. 
I think the difference with Harry is that he loves without 
boundaries. Harry has shown himself to save his enemy
 Pettigrew. 
Pettigrew deserved to die but Harry sought justice rather than 
revenge. Victor Krum was nailed by a bludger at the World Cup and no 
one noticed, but Harry wished that he could draw the attention of 
someone to help, even though he did not support Victor's team. Dudley

cruel Dudley has used Harry as a punching bag; was the reason Harry 
hadn't any friends at school; and yet Harry feels bad for Dudley when 
he was put on a diet and felt compelled to save him from the 
Dementors. And there has even been a time when Harry went out on a 
limb for a person he didn't even know, Gabriella. 

Harry has spontaneous reaction to a person in distress whether or not 
he loves them. Harry's reaction is protection and he administers it 
without thought
and especially without fear. Everyone in the 
Wizarding World, with very few exceptions, is greatly afraid of 
something or someone. We hear of just about every person's greatest 
fear, from Voldemort's name down to Ron's fear of spiders. Yet Harry 
remains unafraid, which makes him the exception to the rule. He was 
born without fear
never thinking of the consequence to his action. 
Harry's biggest fault is that in saving someone else through his 
fearless act, he ultimately puts someone else's life in jeopardy 
(every time). He fears not a name or a person or a circumstance. 
Harry acts upon his own instincts
instincts that were born in him to 
do so. Harry does not see the person in need but the situation of the 
person in need. Harry was not afraid for his own life in any given 
situation where he had attempted to save others. And in the end of 
book five, Harry was even willing to give up his own life if that's 
what it would take. 

This would be a fearless love, a pure love, and an unconditional 
love. There are only a few people who Harry has yet to exhibit this 
love for and one of them is Snape. I'm certain we'll get there 
though. 

Kneasy snipped yet again:

Jo has said that a major theme of the books is death, but counter to 
death is life or life-force. If I had to make a choice that'd be mine 
for the power in the room.

Snow:

But wouldn't Love be a life-force?

Love can't be taught; it is a driving force within you. Love, real 
love can make you do things you would never seek out to do. No one 
wants to purposely put their life in danger but when you see a 
stranger trapped in a car that may just go up in flames, do you stop 
to think or do you run or call for help
or do you run to the rescue 
even though it may put your own life in danger? I know which one 
Harry would do because he has already shown several examples. Love, 
real love isn't just all fluff. Real love is giving and not 
receiving. You give till it hurts and not because it's the right 
thing or the honorable thing to do but it's the only thing you can 
do. Like I said this kind of love can't be taught, it is within your 
very soul and even you can't control it. 

Usual Disclaimer,
JMO

Snow