Snape and Harry WAS Re: Pensieves objectivity AND: Dumbledore's integrity

[silverdragon at ezweb.com.au]

No: HPFGUIDX 79758

Melpomene wrote:
> No. But was it child abuse? I think not. I think had Severus 
> wanted to abuse Harry he could have done a HELL of a lot better 
> than that. He did not throw things "at" Harry, he threw ONE jar 
> OVER his head.

It is unclear even whether the jar was actually thrown at all. Harry
evidently assumed the jar had been thrown when he was thinking about the
event afterwards ("What was making Harry feel so horrified and unhappy was
not being shouted at or having jars thrown at him;..." p 572 - Oz edition
etc) but what the book actually reads at the time it happens is... "And as
Harry hurtled towards the door, a jar of dead cockroaches exploded over his
head." Harry has used unintentional magic in the past, especially when under
exteme stress. Perhaps the jar simply exploded.

Nox