Rulebreaking (Official Philip Nel Question #6)

[irene_mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 38517

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "marinafrants" <rusalka at i...> wrote:
> 
> Now that I think of it, the only example I can think of where one of
> the good guys engages in "type 3" rulebreaking is Sirius and his
> Prank.  Even though I believe Sirius only meant for Snape to be
> frightened, not hurt or killed, he was still breaking rules in order
> to cause something bad to happen to another person.  Hmmm... I'm
> actually not sure what JKRs opinion of the Prank is.  Snape is 
furious
> about it, but his reaction is not presented sympathetically.  Sirius
> is frankly unapologetic.  Nobody else expresses an opinion, because
> there are more immediate important things going on, but I did get 
the
> definite feeling that Lupin does not approve.  I'll be curious to 
see
> if, in future books, Sirius ever acknowledges that he was wrong.  
Or,
> failing that, if Lupin or Harry or Dumbledore ever express the 
opinion
> that Sirius was wrong.

I sincerely hope that Dumbledore thinks it was wrong, or else I don't 
understand how Snape can work for him. 
And it does not matter what Sirius meant - if there is a life  debt 
between Snape and James (and Dumbledore thinks there is) there must 
have been a certain life threat. So it really bugs me when characters 
(and Sirius fans ;-) keep referring to it as a childish prank. 

Irene