Oh and I don't mean just because he was a hero either. That last paragraph should have read:
I feel that there HAS to be consequences for the world if they stand by and allow such cruelties to be inflicted upon an innocent child much less one who is also a hero that saved them all. If that is how little they truly care for those they hold in highest esteem/importance, then perhaps they deserve to die.
Author's response
I agree with both your assessments. I fully believe Harry was supposed to die, taking Voldy along with him. Dumbledore is, in my opinion, the evilest villian in fiction. He has knowingly placed a baby into the hands of child abusers, and done nothing to correct it in the ten years Harry must endure, is far worse that merely criminal. His own statement at the end of Book five, condemns him. "Harry, when you arrived here five years ago, alive and whole as I had planned and intended...well not entirely whole. I knew you had suffered. I knew when I placed you on your aunt's doorstep, that you would have ten dark and difficult years ahead of you..."
That Harry dies before he can properly sacrifice him is probably his worst nightmare. Now he would have to try to recruit Augusta.
I also agree with your statement at the end. The Wizarding world deserves to fall. They have earned their deaths many times over.
Alorkin