OOP: Who can blame Peter Pettigrew?

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 65782

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "medeia_no" <medeia_no at y...> 
wrote:
> After reading about how Peter was treated by his supposed friends 
> James and Sirius, not to mention how they, and Lupin treated 
Snape, I 
> fully understand why Peter joined the dark side. 
> 
> No excuse for what he did, but when you witness that sort of 
> treatment from your friends, you learn to be ruthless and never to 
> show mercy.

Maybe.  Or maybe you learn to think for yourself, do what's right, 
and stand up to your friends when you need to.  It all depends on 
how much moral backbone and decency you have to begin with.  

If Pettigrew observed James and Sirius' behavior and concluded from 
it that it's okay to join forces with a genocidal psycho, betray 
your friends to be murdered, and condemn an innocent man to years of 
brutal imprisonment, then the problem lies with Pettigrew himself.  
Nobody "drove" him to the Dark side.  He was old enough to draw his 
own conclusions and make his own choices.

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com