Snape Theories; Racist? and James and Sirius

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No: HPFGUIDX 73449

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Melanie Black 
<princessmelabela at y...> wrote:
> 
> I don't agree with that....he says in OOP "I'm not proud of it 
Harry,"  and I will have to believe that over the past couple of 
years he has done a lot of thinking.  And maybe him and Snape didn't 
get along but he has to have some respect for him given everything 
that he has done.  But he's stubborn and won't admit to it.  
>  
> ~Mela

I got the impression that Sirius was just saying that because Harry 
was so upset.  He didn't seem sincere at all to me.  Especially when 
he says "I'm not proud" and "You can't blame James" practically in 
the same breath.  

If James had been throwing curses at Snape for 6 years, you can't 
expect Snape to just stop defending himeself (and occassionally 
getting revenge) one day for no reason at all.  I'm quite sure James 
didn't spend a week thowing no curses or hexes at Snape and just 
disarming him and nothing more if Snape tried something in order to 
let Snape know he changed.  Besides, I get the impression that even 
in seventh year Jaes did far more than defend himself.  If he'd only 
defended himself, he wouldn't feel the need to hide it from Lily.

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