An ironic Sirius quote

[ghinghapuss]

No: HPFGUIDX 95990

 JoAnna wrote:
> I ran across the following earlier today -

> "If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he
> treats his inferiors, not his equals." -Sirius Black, Chapter 27,
> "Padfoot Returns," page 525 (American Edition).

> It's interesting that Sirius Black says the above regarding Barty
> Crouch Sr.'s treatment of Winky the house-elf, given how Sirius 
treats
> Kreacher the house-elf in "Order of the Phoenix."  It also says a 
good
> deal about the kind of people that Harry and Hermione are, given 
their
> kindess towards house-elves.  If we look at Sirius' treatment of 
Kreacher in OotP and judge him by Sirius' own standard, Sirius would 
not seem to be a very nice person
> at all.  No doubt that's why Dumbledore had told him that Kreacher
> must be treated with respect (and it also shows that Dumbledore,
> unlike Sirius, practices what he preaches).
> 
> Thoughts?


Mandy here:
My thoughts are that Sirius was not, ever, a very nice person. 

His treatment of Kreature does not surprise me one bit.  I will agree 
that he has suffered greatly in his short and tragic life, and the 
character of Sirius Black has managed to gather a great many 
supporters, particularly women, who are attracted to the Bad Boy 
struggling to do the right thing, who dresses in black, rides 
motorcycles, defies his parents and has an F**k You attitude toward 
the whole world!  But come on! Sirius Black was an arrogant, spoiled, 
selfish, moody, angry, violent, petulant, immature man.  

Mandy, who will happily slap anyone who swoons at the above 
description. ;-)