"I'm not proud of it"

[slgazit]

No: HPFGUIDX 106903

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...>
wrote:

> Looks like Snape and Black both have good reasons to continue to 
> dislike each other.   But let me point out, when Snape had the 
> chance to turn Black over to the Dementors, he didn't. So while he 
> threatened it, he didn't do it.

He was unconscious at the time and when he woke up the dementors were
already gone (due to Harry's back-from-the-future Patronus charm). He
brought the entire group to Hogwarts where he knew Fudge was and he
knew that the dementors would immediately be called to do their worst.
He was furious that Black managed to escape that fate. So he as good
as delivered him to them.

I am not trying to paint Sirius as a saint or Snape as a vilain, only
to point out that this is not a black and white case - that's what I
like so much about JKR's work, things are never as simple as they seem...

Salit