[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry in NEWT Potions Class? (Was: Is Snape confident?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 87750

I'm combining a few posts here.
  Oryomai said:
  (about Harry thanking Snape for the broom incident)
  Because it's the right thing to do.  It doesn't matter what the other person says or does about being thanked, it's the fact that you did it.  It's not supposed to make Severus feel better, it's to make Harry feel better.

  Joj says:
  I hardly think thanking Snape would make Harry feel better.  Wouldn't Snape just love that!  There is no way he would gracefully accept his thanks.  Snape is not even aware that Harry knows he did this, so it's not hurting Snape to not have gotten thanked for it.  

  Oryomai said:
  Right, I missed the bulletin that said Severus was the Devil...must 
  look for it later.  
  Didn't Dumbledore go in the Forest?  After Severus alerted everyone, 
  do we know that Dumbledore didn't tell him to stay inside the 
  school?  By the time Severus was able to alert everyone, would Harry 
  and Co. still have been in the Forest?  How would Severus have found 
  them anyway?  And more importantly, would Harry have believed Severus?
  Joj:
  Nobody has said Snape is the devil, but he has done awful things in his past, and he is not a hero.   Who's fault is it that Harry doesn't trust Snape?  Has Snape ever given Harry a single reason to trust him, especially about Sirius?  

  Oryomi:
  It is Severus' job to protect Harry, or is it him trying to repay his 
  life debt?  I don't expect any of my teachers to take a bullet for 
  me.  It's their job to do as much as possible, but I also think an 
  apology would be nice.


  Joj:
  If a gunman went into one of my children's school, yes I would expect them to do anything they could to save them, even sacrifices themselves.  It is their job.  I'm not even a teacher, and I would do it.  Yeah, maybe an apology would be nice, but I hardly think Snapes suffering form the lack of it.


  I'm just trying to have a friendly conversation here.  I hope you don't get personal with me, like you did with Fredwaldrop.  It's ok to see things differently.  That's what I love about this list!

  Joj

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