[HPforGrownups] Who's more out of line? (WAS: Snape and respect)

[Rebecca Stephens]

No: HPFGUIDX 51117


--- "Tom Wall <thomasmwall at yahoo.com>"
<thomasmwall at yahoo.com> wrote:
> MELISSA (AND MANY OTHERS SIMILARLY) WROTE 
> RE: HERMIONE'S TEETH:
> 
> The last straw for me came in GoF, chapter 18, when 
> Hermione's teeth are hit by a spell and grow past
> her 
> chin, and his only reaction is to say, "I see no 
> difference." That was cruel and unprofessional.
> Snape 
> is a teacher, an adult. It's one thing for Malfoy's 
> group and Harry's group to be tossing insults back
> and 
> forth, but he has a duty to be above that. No matter
> how 
> hard I try, I just can't like Snape.
> 
> I REPLY:
> I'm amazed and the number of people that jumped on
> this 
> thread all at once. When I posted my devil's
> advocacy bit 
> yesterday, there was only the original post. When I
> check 
> today, there're, well, WAY more than that. ;-)
> 
> 
> So:
> 
> For everyone who got so upset over Snape's treatment
> of Hermione: 
> were you equally upset when Crouch/Moody turned
> Malfoy into a ferret 
> and started bouncing him around? 
> 
> Were you as shocked and angry as McGonagall, or,
> like Ron, did you 
> think it was farily amusing? I bet that some of us
> even thought that 
> Malfoy *deserved* it, didn't we?
> 


Nope.  Well, actually, I wouldn't have minded if
another student had turned him into a ferret (though I
would've supported punishing the student) but I was
very displeased with "Moody" for doing it.  I was also
displeased of his treatment towards Hermione when she
questioned him. I never suspected he was evil, but I
never liked him.


Rebecca

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