Motivations, Pt 2.

[Danemead]

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From: Danemead
Subject: Re: Motivations, Pt 2.
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Date: 8/10/00 11:34 pm  (ET)

Vicki wrote:
>>>to me he is still slime, even if he is not on Voldy's side. For all
he dislikes and is hard on Harry, IMO, nothing makes up for what he
did to Hermione. "I don't see any difference." That is horrible and
completely inexcusable from a Professor and I just can't forgive him
for that completely unnecessary hateful remark to a 14 year girl. <<<<

Thanks for bringing this up. It was incredibly cruel of him. Snape's a
bitter, vindictive man. In real life, people like him generally DON'T
do anything that redeems them. Perhaps it says something about the
lack of competent wizards in the world that Dumbledore retains people
like him on the staff. But I think JKR is trying to keep HP "real" --
which includes having unpleasant people around, about whom you can do
nothing. That's life.

Which makes me wonder if Voldemort will truly be defeated by the end
of Book 7. I think that either he, or at least his brand of evil, will
not be stamped out as it might be in a Disney movie. In the real world,
that's how things are.

(Danemead's bitter & cynical personality taking control....)