Snape's DE past

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 111193

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> Nobody thinks that Snape is a half-wit, in fact jjust the opposite. 
He's
> intelligent and logical. Much too intelligent to confuse Harry with
> James (echoes of Sirius). Whatever antipathy there was between the
> two has absolutely nothing to do with Harry and Snape is smart 
enough
> to know this.


Alla:

Snape SHOULD BE smart enough to know this, but so far everything we 
saw points to the contrary. No, he does not confuse Harry and James , 
he just thinks that Harry exactly like James (You are just like your 
father, Potter)


 
Kneasy:

> Every book or so Sevvy *demands* that Harry be expelled. Who does
> he demand this of? DD. Knowing that DD will do nothing. It's all
> for show. Note that when DD isn't around (during the reign of Dear
> Dolly) the one thing Snape does not do is to demand that "Potter be 
> expelled." Because now he probably would be. Umbridge would get
> rid of Harry in a flash but strangely, Snape does not voice any
> comlaints. 


Alla:

This is a good point, actually, but I never took Snape's desire to 
see Harry expelled seriously. Why would he want to do it? If Snape is 
indeed the cruel sadist,as I see him, it is much more "fun" to 
torture the child while he is in Hogwarts then let him wonder off 
somewhere.



Kneasy:
If it came to the crunch
> would DD sacrifice the whole of wizarding society to save Harry?
> No. Harry is the means to save that society, he is not the 
alternative
> to it. And if DD answered differently he is the wrong person to be
> leading the fight. Harry is expendable *so long as they win*. In 
fact,
> everyone is expendable so long as Voldy is  defeated - even DD.


Alla:

Sorry, I think that if Dumbledore decided in advance that Harry is 
expendable or anybody is expendable as long as they win, he will be 
the wrong person to lead the fight.

I don't believe in the noble politicians in RW anymore, but I hope 
that JKR shows us the politican who struggles to save every single 
life he is responsible for. I do want to see the politican who has 
some nobility left, even if he is the fictional one.