Well, technically speaking, Doug can't take out Voldemort, if the relevant portion of The Prophecy is taken more or less literally. For my purposes, simply to keep Doug from waltzing in, dusting Voldie, and waltzing out again, I'm assuming that The Prophecy is literal and moreover, that there is a weight of enforcement behind it -- the local equivalents of a small group of young ladies we all know and love. Doug can make Voldie's life a living hell, if he wants, and he will go through the ranks of the Death Eaters like a wildfire through a dry field, but in the end it will be Harry -- suddenly synthesizing a whole bunch of little things Doug has taught a large number of Hogwart's students into an unexpected and untried idea -- who takes out Voldie in the end. (Even if Doug does try an end run around the Prophecy...)
As for the larger problem, Doug doesn't even see it -- or if he does, he can't do anything about it. He will simply teach -- and he will teach outside the bounds of existing Wizarding knowledge and prejudices. "Here is another way magic can work." And imagine what that does to young minds willing to explore options. Doug won't change the world. But the children whose future he changes will change the world.
And now we're wildly off the original topic, so we will either let this thread of thought die a quiet death, or transplant it to a different topic.
-- Bob
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...The President is on the line
As ninety-nine crab rangoons go by...
As for the larger problem, Doug doesn't even see it -- or if he does, he can't do anything about it. He will simply teach -- and he will teach outside the bounds of existing Wizarding knowledge and prejudices. "Here is another way magic can work." And imagine what that does to young minds willing to explore options. Doug won't change the world. But the children whose future he changes will change the world.
And now we're wildly off the original topic, so we will either let this thread of thought die a quiet death, or transplant it to a different topic.
-- Bob
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...The President is on the line
As ninety-nine crab rangoons go by...