OoP: I'll do it: In defense of James

[fitzchivalryhk]

No: HPFGUIDX 62672

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" 
<bard7696 at a...> wrote:
<snip>
> But why does James continue to torment Snape? Here's a reason why 
and it 
> goes back to the mudblood thing.
> 
> I've long considered "mudblood" to be the equivalent of the n-word 
in terms of 
> the reaction in brings, and the bile with which it is spit. Trust 
me, if a kid in my 
> school took it upon himself to spew that word with such venom, I'd 
take him 
> down a time or two, just on general principle.

I did not see James  telling Lily he's "taking down" Snape because 
Snape has an attitude problem towards muggles, but because "he 
exists". Instead, he started his attack towards Snape because Sirius 
was bored, and he found a particular interesting target. 

If Snape started by badmouthing Lily and the other muggleborns, and 
THEN James joined in to "take down" Snape, I would find your argument 
reasonable, but with what is shown in the book, no.

"fitzchivalryhk"