Inferior Kreachur (was: Sirius' Favorite Lines

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

No: HPFGUIDX 75084

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Lisa G <happybluebirdie at y...> 
wrote:
> --- Madame Sherrie Snape at a... wrote:
> > ivierska at h... writes:
> > > "If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at
> > > how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."(p.525, GoF)
> > And how telling is THAT, given how Sirius treats Kreacher in
> > OotP?  Doesn't put him in a very good light, now, does it?
> 
> I don't think anyone (other than Hermione) can blame Sirius for
> his treatment of Kreacher. If anything, I think Sirius was
> humane in the fact that he didn't dismiss, maim, dismbowel, or
> otherwise harm Kreacher by now. Besides, Kreacher dishes out the
> insults and snipes with the best of them, it's only fair that
> Sirius hand some back :o)

I got a strong feeling of something like 'sibling rivalry' between 
Sirius and Kreachur. Like Sirius was reacting to Kreachur as if 
Kreachur were Regulus, the favored son.