Apology - Sirius again...

[Nicky]

No: HPFGUIDX 22673

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "pumpkin322" <PUMPKIN322 at M...> wrote:
>   Next, speaking of hypocrisy, Snape tells Dumbledore "Sirius 
showed himself
>   capable of pre-meditated murder at the age of sixteen.  He nearly 
murdered
>   me".  Now, unless I've missed something here, Death Eaters did 
not go round
>   simply making impolite remarks about people's mothers.  They 
killed people.
>   For fun.  For what one might call, loosely speaking, racist 
reasons.  For
>   being on the wrong side.  Whatever.  If Snape was a Death Eater 
before he
>   switched sides (and he was) he pretty definitely has not only 
been capable
>   of pre-meditated murder, but has actually done it.  Which, as a 
matter of
>   fact, Sirius hasn't.  It may be a technical difference between 
the two of
>   them, but it is a difference.
> 
>   Susan
I've always thought this exchange was interesting because Dumbledore 
replies,"My memory is as good as it always was."  And this shuts up 
Snape.  I think Dumbledore is reminding Snape of what is in his past, 
yet he trusts him.  I'd love to know if it is just a general past as 
a DE or did he DO something he regretted (and thus returned and 
confessed to Dumbledore).
Nicky