Easy vs Right (was LV never loved anyone)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 110499

 
> Alla:
But I would like to know  where do you get that Snape considers 
rage to be a weakness? I may be  wrong, but I thought that in his 
Occlumency rant he only mentioned  positive emotions as 
weakness.
> 

The whole passage  starting on page 535 US hardcover is too 
long to quote but Harry's anger is mentioned numerous times:

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"I'm trying," said Harry angrily, "but you're not telling me how!"
 [...]
"Clear your mind, Potter," said Snape's cold voice. "Let go of all 
emotion...."

But Harry's anger at Snape continued to pound through his veins 
like venom. Let go of his anger? He could as easily detach his 
legs.... [...]

Snape looked paler than usual and angrier, though not nearly as 
angry as Harry was. 
"I--am--making--an--effort," [Harry] said through clenched teeth.

"I told you to empty yourself of emotion!"

"Yeah? Well, I'm finding that hard to do at the moment, " Harry 
snarled.

[Snape rant about fools who wallow in sad memories]

"I am not weak," said Harry in a low voice, fury now pumping 
through him so that he thought he might attack Snape in a 
moment.

"Then prove it! Master yourself!" spat Snape. "Control your anger, 
discipline your mind! [...]"
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IMO, Snape definitely considers anger a weakness, and 
wallowing in sadness a mistake when it provokes anger. The 
passage also emphasizes that letting go of anger is not easy. 
The phrase " he could as easily detach his legs" might reference 
the Christian teaching "if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut 
them off " Matthew 18:18

Pippin