There is no point in adopting it as a plan because it is what will happen if he does nothing at all. It’s a reason to not do certain things- such as point this possibility out, but not in and of itself any kind of plan.
“No action” is an action, same as any other (for a grokkable reference, see consequentialists and the Trolley experiment). Also, obviously it wouldn’t be “no action” it would be selling Voldemort the idea that there’s nothing left, maybe revealing the secret deemed most insignificant and then begging for that to apply to both parents.
There is no point in adopting it as a plan because it is what will happen if he does nothing at all. It’s a reason to not do certain things- such as point this possibility out, but not in and of itself any kind of plan.
“No action” is an action, same as any other (for a grokkable reference, see consequentialists and the Trolley experiment). Also, obviously it wouldn’t be “no action” it would be selling Voldemort the idea that there’s nothing left, maybe revealing the secret deemed most insignificant and then begging for that to apply to both parents.