You'd think by now I would have learned not to believe anything Dumbledore says uncritically. Let's take another look at the passage where he confirms the curse's existence:
"Oh, he definitely wanted the Defense Against the Dark Arts job," said Dumbledore. "The aftermath of our little meeting proved that. You see, we have never been able to keep a
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He didn't lie per se, but both the reader and Harry would react in a different way if he was straightforward.
I can accept this as an explanation for the curse. Especially considering other teachers he hired.
Heck, in his mind kids learning next to nothing about DADA might be a good thing. After all, to effectively protect yourself from darkness, you must gaze into the abyss so you understand it. And look where it led Tom and many other students? No, no, that won't do it.
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We know he has the Horcrux books removed from the library and tells readers in his Beadle commentary that the Deathly Hallows are a fantasy (which he knows perfectly well isn't true--he's carrying one around daily). So there's precedent for Dumbledore suppressing knowledge of evil or just dangerous magic. It wouldn't be out of character for him to have misgivings about too-thorough DADA instruction.
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On the one hand, Remus is very indebted with Albus: starting with letting him attend Hogwarts, to hiring him.
On the other hand, it seems that not only Remus wasn't a member of OotP during the first war, but also distanced himself from his Order friends during that war.
Add to the stack that he was James' friend (potential link for Harry) and our inability to tell just how much Albus knew about Secret Keeper drama and we get very ugly picture.
In all honesty, I think that Albus hinted that certain teachers *coughcoughLockhartcoughcough* made horrible life choices and ended their career in rather dramatic fashion, but I doubt he was very straightforward about the full extent of the problem. After all, as Albus would tell you truth is a dangerous thing and letting your chess pieces to know about your plans, might work against you.
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