James the Berk?

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 105850


> Pippin earlier:
> > The Marauders were breaking school rules and wizarding law 
> > and *deserved* to be expelled for what they were doing, as 
> > Sirius knew quite well. Snape following them to try to find out 
> > what they were up to is no different than Harry and his friends 
> > entering the third floor corridor to try to keep Snape (as they 
> > thought) from stealing the stone. 



Alla:


Noble intentions to try and get expelled four boys, who would not get 
a chance to get an education same quality as Hogwarts and as for 
Lupin , no education at all? Somehow I don't think so. But I could be 
wrong, of course.



But even assuming noble intentions on the Snape's part, we don't know 
what punishment Marauders deserved for becoming an Animagi.

Maybe it would be something significantly less severe than expelling 
them.


Pippin.

snip.

Dumbledore decided that 
> Harry's intentions were noble and so they were, but we don't 
> know what Snape's motives were at all. 
> 
> All we know is that Sirius thought Snape was trying to get them 
> expelled. We don't know why. It's your guess that it was for Draco 
> like motives, and that may well be. But it's just as possible that 
> Snape, like Harry in PS/SS, believed but could not prove that 
> something terrible was happening and tried to stop it the only 
> way he could. 
> 



Alla:


No, we don't know what Snape's motives are, but the problem 
with "Snape thought something terrible was happening... and tried to 
stop it the only way he could " is as Batchevra pointed out that  he 
saw Lupin going in Shrieking Shack with Madam Pomfrey, so Snape could 
make a guess that Teaching Staff is already aware of whatever happens 
in the Shack and mind his own business.


Harry and Co tried to inform Dumbledore first before going after 
Stone, he was not available.

Snape shoud have at least tried to communicate with the teacher first.