James the Berk?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 106412

Alla:
> 
> If we knew that Severus only said this word once in his life 
under  the stress, I would not condemn him, but we KNOW that 
he acted on it  by joining Voldemort, so yes, I 'd say that his 
actions are  reprehensible.<

This seems doubtful reasoning: Snape was a racist when he 
joined the Death Eaters, so he must have been one when he 
used the M-word. Personally, I wouldn't like to be held 
responsible for something I said while I was being dangled 
upside-down by my worst enemies and my knickers were 
showing. 

Take Harry-- although he does take note of who's handsome 
and who isn't, I wouldn't call him a lookist. And if he joined a 
lookist group later, that wouldn't mean he was always a lookist at 
heart.

 But if Draco Malfoy were dangling him upside down and Pansy 
Parkinson or Millicent Bulstrode were the one to intervene, I 
wouldn't put it past Harry to tell them to keep their ugly Slytherin 
noses out of his business.

And James is *so* sexist, as Harry realizes. Just because 
James didn't  call Lily  the actual word for a woman who sells her 
favors doesn't make him  more respectful to Lily than Snape 
was. And James wasn't being mistreated at the time.

Pippin