Authority and rule-breaking

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No: HPFGUIDX 16598

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., koinonia02 at y... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Morag Traynor" <moragt at h...> wrote:
> 
>  He is a 
> > bully/coward, picking on Neville simply because Neville lacks 
> confidence and 
> > will put up with it (no known *issues* from the past there)
> 
> 
> There are no known *issues* from the past that we know of.  I don't 
> believe Snape picks on Neville simply because Neville lacks 
> confidence. There is more to Snape/Neville.  We just don't know 
what 
> it is yet.  I am not taking up for the way Snape treats Neville.  I 
> am just saying we don't know the whole story yet.  The same thing 
> with Snape and Harry.  Though Snape shows quite a bit of unfairness 
> towards Harry, I don't believe Harry is the perfect angel.  Harry 
> does tend to get away with quite a bit. 
>    
> 

Respectfully to your views -- I must say I think this is rubbish...
Even if a student gets away with a lot (and Snape starting picking on 
Harry in their first lesson so that's not it), there is NO excuse for 
a teacher to be unfair, humiliate students or be abusive.