In defense of Snape was: In Defense of McGonagall

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Cindy C." <cindysphynx at h...> wrote:

> Nevertheless, Snape does nothing to prevent Fudge from 
bringing the  dementor, and worse, actually brings the dementor 
right into the office where Crouch Jr. is being held.  All Snape 
had to do, of course, was tell Fudge he won't escort him to 
Crouch's location with  a dementor.

  If Dumbledore himself has no authority to overrule the Minister 
of Magic (PoA ch,21) then certainly Snape could not do so. 
> 
Cindy again:
> So who is more responsible for this debacle?  We have 
McGonagall, the 
transfiguration teacher who may or may not know how to ward off 
a  dementor, who is not expecting a dementor to show up.  And 
we have  Snape, who has "always been fascinated by the Dark 
Arts", was "famous for it at school" and who "knew more curses 
when he arrived at school  than half the kids in seventh year," so 
ought to know how to ward off  a dementor.  GoF, 27.  

 He may know how, but can he do it? Somehow  I don't think that 
Snape's head is filled with happy thoughts. 

Pippin, who is not a fan of meta-Snape, but still thinks he gets a 
worse rap than he deserves.