Thanking Snape? & Apologies (WAS Where was Snape?)

[dicentra_spectabilis_alba]

No: HPFGUIDX 36613

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "cindysphynx" <cindysphynx at c...> wrote:
 
> But wizards seem to have trouble with Real Apologies.  The kind of 
> apology that sticks in your throat.  The kind of apology when you are 
> owning up to a problem you shouldn't have created.  The kind of 
> apology you owe when you really did the wrong thing.  This is the 
> kind of situation we might have when Harry knocked Snape out.  But I 
> still think that no apology is in order there.  Harry did the right 
> thing and the necessary thing by knocking Snape out.  Why should 
> Harry be morally obligated to apologize for doing the right thing?  
> Indeed, if there is a moral obligation to apologize when one does the 
> correct thing, then we'd have all manner of meaningless apologies 
> flying about.  

Whether Harry Did the Right Thing with the expelliarmus is questioned
in canon, even by Harry. No sooner has Snape done a face plant than
Sirius tells Harry "you should have left him to me" and Harry can't
look at Sirius because he's suddenly not sure it *was* the right thing
to do.
> 
> "Forgive me, Remus," said Black.
> "Not at all, Padfoot, old friend," said Lupin, who was now rolling up 
> his sleeves.  "And will you, in turn, forgive me for believing you 
> were the spy?"

I have nothing to add here. It's just so good I thought I'd leave it in.

Now that I'm at it, I'd like to say that I've been aboard the Fourth
Man kayak since its deployment lo these many weeks ago. You just
haven't seen me because I was stuffed in the extreme front end of the
kayak, where people's feet go, frantically bailing water out of the
bottom with a tea strainer.  Yes, I have been supporting Fourth Man
(straight up, please) with VIBES rather than "me too" posts, which
must count for something.

However, when we make the move to the inflatable raft, you will have
to cut open the kayak to get me out. (I'll be in physical therapy for
a bit while trying to get my backbone to stop forming a nearly perfect
question mark.)

--Dicentra, who has been eyeing a display of featherboas but can't
decide which color to choose