OoP - Snape the racist; Snape the victim; Snape Snape Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 62702

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" 
<bard7696 at a...> wrote:

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> I, too, wonder where the gang of Slytherins were. I don't buy that 
by 
> the end of fifth year, Snape, who after all came to school knowing 
> more curses than any seventh-year AND already had the "filthy 
> mudblood" doctrine down pat, Snape has no Slyth friends.
> 
> And speaking of all those curses, Snape really didn't get many 
good 
> shots in, did he? 

I think it's important to remember that we only have Sirius's word 
that Snape ran with the 'gang' of Slytherins who ended up DEs, and 
we only have Sirius's word that Snape arrived at Hogwarts knowing 
more hexes than most seventh-years.

And re: the curses, wasn't that because he was disarmed?

MC

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> Darrin
> -- Still likes James. Still likes Sirius. Still likes Lupin. :)