Two-way Mirror and other frustrations! (OotP Spoilers!)

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 63320

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bibphile" <bibphile at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "aliveandkickingjustabout" 
> <aliveandkickingjustabout at y...> wrote:
>   
> > 
> > 
> > If he was such a bully, why was he so respected by all the 
> teachers, 
> > hagrid, Dumbledore? 
> 
> Because they're all thinking of James the seventh year who quit 
> bullying everyone but Snape and hid that.  They're also thing of 
> James to adult who probably left his hatred of Snape behind (when 
> Snape turned spy and started risking his life against Voldemort) 
was 
> a good, brave and heroic person.
>  
> 
I disagree, IMHO James earned his respect from the part of the 
Wizarding community that did not practice bogotry.
Snape may have seemed the innocent victim of the taunts in the 
schoolgrounds. But remember we are seeing the time when Voldemort 
became his angriest. Bigotry like Snapes was as despicable as ever, 
but at this time it existed in the minority. In a way Voldemort led 
an uprising of the bigots. 
James was wrong in targeting the feckless Snape on that day. Cruel 
and even disgraceful. 
However, he was on the side of good. I am sure that was not the 
first time Snape had displayed his colours of prejudice.
Valky