[HPforGrownups] Re: OOP: James( was:Two-way Mirror and other frustrations)

[Jesta Hijinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 65796


> > But, imagine the charismatic rebuttal he would give comments
> > on "mudblood filth" throughout his school life.
> > Snape wasn't an *innocent* victim. On the day of his memory he was
> > already guilty of a cruelty and bullying of his own more insidious
> > kind. Hating people for something they cannot change regardless of
> > their innermost character.
> > James earned a degree of repect for this: his spite was directed
>at
> > someones choice to hate, not merely someones inability to defend
> > themself, as was Snapes attack on Lily. For what defense has a
> > muggleborn witch against such comments, but a charismatic
>pureblood
> > displaying such characters for the fools that they are.
> >
> > two knuts from Valky
>
>Hating someone for something they have no control over (being
>Muggleborn) does not constitute bullying.

No, but it's nothing to admire, either.  It's silly prejudice.  It's the 
root of hate crimes, and while not necessarily punishable in itself, it 
should be corrected and often if it comes up verbally.  Sometimes, some 
people can just come to see that a prejudice they were reared with just 
doesn't make sense and they can get over it.  If they keep it buried in 
their mind - well and good.  I wouldn't for one second suggest invading 
someone's thoughts.  Words, however, create opinions and reactions in others 
and can spur on actions.

>As for Snape's attack on Lily... I saw a boy who had just been
>embarrassed in front of a girl. A Gryffindor girl. A Gryffindor,
>Muggleborn girl. I'm not excusing what Snape said but I understand
>it. He didn't want Lily's sympathy or her help and he bit back the
>only way he could under the circumstances.
>
Yeah, and I think he was out of line, and I think he'll come to regret it 
later.  *That* was not at all admirable of Snape, but I don't see the level 
of outcry there is over James.

>I take it James was the charismatic pureblood in defence of
>Muggleborn damsels in distress? Interestingly, Harry didn't see it
>that way and I'm with him.
>
Yeah - I didn't either.  But Lily didn't seem overly distressed, did she?

Felinia

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