in defense of Harry OOP Spoiler

[davidbartmess]

No: HPFGUIDX 66887

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Indigo" <indigo at i...> wrote:
> Snape has gone on for four [now five] years telling 
anyone/everyone 
> who will listen about how *arrogant* Harry is, how little 
disregard 
> for *rules* Harry is. 
> 
> Yet he intentionally started the Occulumency class and left the 
> pensieve somewhere unlocked, knowing full well Harry is curious 
and 
> tends to do whatever occurs to him without thinking through the 
> consequences.
> 
> Viewed in that light, it might well have been Snape setting Harry 
up 
> to "prove" to himself that the boy is as bad as everyone 
[especially 
> Snape himself] makes Harry out.  
> 
> I felt as bad for Snape in the flashback, but his current-day 
> reaction was way over the top.
> 
> Indigo


> 
I really feel that Snape set up Harry to see that memory in 
the pensive.  Snape left Harry alone in his office not once, but 
TWICE. The first time was when Prof. Trelawney got sacked.  Snape 
left the office, and then Harry followed.  Then the second time was 
when Draco interupted them.  Are we REALLY to believe that Snape was 
this careless not once, but TWICE.  I can't imagine LV tolerating 
that sort of carelessness in his death eaters.  For that matter, I 
can't imagine Snape allowing anyone to be that careless in his 
potions classes.  Just imagine what snape would do if Harry came 
back to the potions dungeons after one of his classes, and told 
Prof. Snape... "I left my potions book here."  Then repeats the same 
 mistake after his next potions class!  Snape would have a field 
 day!  Detention?  House points?  Perhaps both....  Yet were really 
 expected to believe that:  
 1)  Snape makes the mistake of leaving Harry alone with the pensive
     not  once, but twice, knowing full well, that Harry has the
      habit
     of breaking rules, and getting into trouble.
 2)  The particular memory in the pensive put's Harry's father in a 
     very bad light.
 3)  Harry will be hurt by that memory.
 4)  Snape now has what he considers to be a good reason to stop
     giving Harry Occulumency lessons.
 
 This all seem just a little too coincindental for me to believe.
 
 David Bartmess