Snape and respect

[dumbledore11214 <dumbledore11214@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51040

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, SnapesSlytherin at a... wrote:
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> dumbledore11214 at y... writes:
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> 
> > How about some fairness or is it to much to ask of Snape too? 
> 
> Whoa, whoa, whoa!!!!  Throw on the brakes here babe.  I, as a SILK 
SHIRT, 
> believe fully that Snape *is* fair.  Okay, we'll take their first 
class 
> together as example.  Does Snape know that Harry doesn't have an 
ideas about 
> special treatment?  No.  All Snape knows is that he has a famous 
boy in his 
> class who could quite possibly get out of hand and he wants to make 
sure that 
> Harry knows he won't get away with it.

May I not share your beliefs of Snape's fairness? :) 
I would like to think that he knows about Harry's life, if he 
Dumbledore's right hand.
If he does not know, I am still failing to see how is it fair for the 
teacher to take a "preventive strike" at the child, who is just 
thrown in the new world.

> Overall, Snape is the guy we hate.  We're supposed to.  The way the 
books are 
> told, Harry's POV, makes us hate him. 
 There's alot more to Snape than that.  

I DO NOT HATE Snape. Sorry, just wanted to make that clear. I like 
him a lot in general. I know that there is much more to him and his 
mystery intrigues me. But I extremely dislike him as a teacher. I 
think he should find himself a new occupation.

> I know that I personally hold grudges and get very angry and I say 
things I 
> shouldn't.  I know this will start an onslaught of "But Snape's a 
*teacher*!" 
> retorts.  I honestly feel that that argument doesn't apply to the 
situation.  
> Dumbledore's a teacher - he should treat everyone equal, but he 
doesn't.  
> People are people; they will act how they wish.
>

Yes, people will act as they wish, but teachers should not act as 
they wish in their work environment. Snape may hate Harry as much as 
he wants in private setting, but I want to kick him hard for what he 
does to Harry and especially Neville in class.

Alla