Draco and equals + Snape(was: First meetings: Draco and Harry)

[griffindora]

No: HPFGUIDX 71528

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bibphile" <bibphile at y...> 
wrote:
> "The pensieve thing wasn't just wrong.  It was *way* beyond wrong.  
> Going into someone's pensieve is worse than reading their diary 
> (especially when you know they put things there particularly to 
keep them from you).  I'm of the opinion that even a parent doesn't 
have the right to read a child's diary unless they suspect something 
> dangerous (like drugs or suicidal thoughts) so I think this was an 
> absolutely horrible thing for Harry to do.  It's a terrible 
invasion of privacy.
> 
> I think you ought to be able to trust a 15 year old to respect 
> that.  Besides, I'm not even sure if Snape knew that Harry knew 
what a pensieve was.  So one of two things happened.
> 
> 1. Snape didn't know Harry even knew what a pensieve was.
> 
> 2. Snape over-estimated Harry in this instance.
> 
> I don't like Snape, but I think Harry deserves 100% of the blame 
> here.  Of course, Harry normally deserves only 0-2% of blame in 
> situations with Snape (usually 0) but this time."


It isn't a matter of whether or not Snape knew if Harry was aware of 
the function of a Pensieve. Harry knew what it was used for. He also 
knew what he was doing was wrong. His justification for the invasion 
of Snape's privacy was his extreme dislike for the man. Frankly, it's 
no excuse. Fifteen or not, Harry knew that he was intruding on his 
most private thoughts and they were thoughts that Snape deliberately 
put into the Pensieve in order to protect them from Harry 
accidentally encountering them during his Occlumency lessons. 
Personally, I think Snape used extreme restraint when he discovered 
Harry intruding where he was most certainly wasn't wanted. Harry 
deserves a huge helping of humble pie served up by Professor Snape.

I, too, am not a great fan of Professor Snape. I can't help but 
wonder though...Doesn't it seem a little strange that someone who can 
block his mind from outsider's probes which requires complete control 
of his emotions, would wage a hate campaign against Harry? After all, 
he was angry with his father and his cronies, why take it out on the 
son? Especially, "the one who lived?" There's more here than meets 
the eye.

gryffindora