Unfinished Business (was: Did Lupin Kill Sirius?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 82963

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sachmet96" <sachmet96 at y...> wrote:
> 
> > Laura:
> > Snape has now put himself in a very difficult situation in terms of 
> > his unresolved anger-how is he to rid himself of it?  Does he even 
> > want to?  This is a man who is fueled by rage.  Without that fuel, 
> > what would happen to him?  Who and what would he be? Those are 
> > painful and very serious questions-but they're questions for 
> Snape.  
> 
> sachmet96:
> I agree why should Snape let go of his rage. It wouldn't help him. He 
> seemed to be perfectly 'happy' with his life before Harry started 
> school, I suppose he could have been as soon as Harry left school 
> again, but of course now there is Voldemort which makes things more 
> difficult.
> 


Oh  dear.

Snape on an anger management course? That  brings  a smile to the lips.
You can just imagine him sneering at  a be-spectacled, bearded, sandal-
wearing counselor. 

Ole Sevvy is anger driven;  it is his essence, his being, his reason and his
comfort. Take  it away and nothing is left but a shell waiting for  the
undertakers.

This modern predeliction for 'ridding' people of 'unhealthy' attitudes is
understandable for society but not satisfactory for the individual. Something 
has made Snape very angry indeed; he wants restitution, justice, the scales 
balanced. That's as it should be. Telling someone that  their justifiable 
emotions are to be deplored is to deprive them of their individuality in the
name of mass narcolepsis. Action and  reaction should  be equal and
opposite, not only in physics but also in righting wrongs.

In our world the state claims the right of retribution, but how often is it
commensurate with the crime? Rarely, IMO. For Snape in the WW who 
would he turn to for just retribution? Fudge?

Like many others, I think Snape will die, but he will die in his attempt to
make right the wrongs done to him; that's noble in a way and is an
acceptable literary (and film) device. I realise that (yet again!) Kneasy
will be classed as at one with  the barbaric and anti-social. So  be  it.
While not an adherent myself, the Mosaic tenet of  'An eye for an eye'
has a long and distinguished record, forgiving transgressors gives them
the opportunity to do it again. Not an optimum solution.

Come on! Give him a cheer as he slices his enemy to bits! 

For those that can bear it, read post 69509 - 'Snape, a very good hater.'

Kneasy