Snape fulfilling his life debt

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No: HPFGUIDX 42435

Fyre Wood wrote:
> Snape has gone out of his way time and time again to save precious 
> Harry Potter from mortal peril. We've seen him stand up to Sirius 
> Black in an attempt to save his life, as well as considering that 
> Potter wasn't the one to petrify Filch's cat in book 2. There's 
other 
> instances with Snape performing a counter curse in book 1 so that 
> Harry wouldn't fall off his broom, and much much more!

Does anyone have a problem with the fact that Snape has a life-debt 
to James Potter in the first place?  The only reason why James was 
even in a position to save Snape's life was because James's best 
friend had set Snape up to find another of James's friends as a 
werewolf.  It doesn't seem right to me that James got Snape indebted 
from a situation that his friends had created.  And arguably, James 
saved Snape's life as much to prevent himself from being expelled (or 
worse) as to actually save Snape's life.

--Hei Lun