Trust has always, and will forever be, the central issue as to why the problem Tom Marvolo Riddle wasn't t00ken care of, as it were, earlier. Dumbledore just didn't trust enough.
Oh and Harry gets owned... but sadly enough Rowling brings him back with some lame ass excuse for a "magical" explanation

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This post was edited by TheRaven on Aug 31 2007 01:28am