[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape and purity of blood

[T.M. Sommers]

No: HPFGUIDX 72110

jazmyn wrote:
> 
> T.M. Sommers wrote:
> (snip)
>     Put another way, if you know that someone is or was in
> 
>>the inner circle of the KKK, it is safe to conclude that that
>>person is a racist. 
> 
> (snip)
> 
> Or they are a plant from the FBI and very good at hiding their real 
> feelings..

The FBI doen't generally recruit school children to infiltrate 
adult organizations.  We have evidence that Snape was a bigot 
when he was 15 or so.

> Or there for the power, willing to say whatever they need to say to get 
> that power, even if they don't really believe what they are saying. 
> Just being 'one of the gang' and 'accepted' is more important then the 
> goals of the group.  Meaning that he might have turned spy BECAUSE he 
> lacked the belief in the group's goals and felt he didn't really have 
> friends or acceptance, but was just being used.

We have no evidence that Snape was ever interested in power per 
se.  And it is unbelievable that he would join an organization 
whose goals he did not believe in, and then become disillusioned 
that he did not believe in its goals.

All of the evidence indicates that Snape was a Death Eater out of 
conviction.  In the absence of evidence, any speculation to the 
contrary is just wishful thinking.