One last try (re: Parenting Harry (was: Re: I don't like him much))

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 120228



Lupinlore wrote:  
"But I'm afraid this just isnt'the way people are, kids or otherwise.
  You don't show respect to people who don't respect you, unless said
 respect is based on fear and then it really isn't respect, but 
obedience based on politics."

Del replies:
Obedience based on politics sounds good enough for me, where a
teacher-student relationship is concerned.

I specifically didn't say that Harry should *have* any respect for
Snape, because this is pretty hard, considering that he doesn't get
any in return. But I still think that he should *show* due respect to
a professor, no matter what. It is very much a political matter, but
there's nothing wrong with that IMO.

I personally do try to give respect where respect is due, no matter
whether I get any respect in return or not, because I feel that I must
do my part even if nobody else does.

Lupinlore wrote: 
"As for it not being Harry's business whether Snape is punished or 
not, once again I agree in an ideal world it would work that way.  But
once again that just isn't the way people are.  If people percieve
that their superiors are not being held to reasonably just standards
of conduct, it breeds cynicism and resistance, either passive or active."

Del replies:
I would agree, except that Harry should know by now that Snape is
indeed being held to a similar standard : anytime Snape starts
criticising Harry in front of DD, he gets rebuked. It's never loud or
in-your-face, but it's very much on the same level as "*Professor*
Snape, Harry".

Del