OOP: James( was:Two-way Mirror and other frustrations)

[bibphile]

No: HPFGUIDX 63790

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "fitzchivalryhk" 
<fitzchivalryhk at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bibphile" <bibphile at y...> 
> wrote:
> > 
> > Yes, but what does that have to do with anything?  James was a 
> > bully (in fifth year) regardless of Snape.  He "hexed anyone who 
> > annoyed him and "hexed people for fun."  Lots of people, not 
just 
> > Snape.  Later, he grew up and became a hero.
> > 
> > My argumement was simple.  People remember the man James 
> became more 
> > than the boy he was.
> > 
> > bibphile
> 
> I think it's asking too much for people to forget what the boy 
James 
> was. No one forget that Snape had been a Death Eater, and even now 
> when he was (apparently) working for the right side, and had the 
trust of 
> Dumbledore, many people still suspect him. 
> 
> I think most people who spoke against James here, spoke against 
the 
> James (at 15 ) who bullied Snape. Not many people doubted that he 
> became a better man after he graduated from Hogwarts. However, the 
> fact that he became a better man later does not excused him of 
> bullying Snape before. What I find distrubing was that, quite a 
few 
> people tried  to argue that James was a good person (at 15) 
because 
> Snape deserved to be bullied, and that was what I cannot agree 
with.
> 
> Fitz

I wasn't defending James.  Earlier someone asked why people (Hagrid, 
Minerva) thought so highly of James if he'd been a bully.  This was 
my answer.  If you want my opinion on fifth-year James, read my 
earlier messages.  I make no excuses and fully condem his action.

bibphile