Why didn't Severus reveal the Prank? (Was: How did Sirius lure Severus...)

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No: HPFGUIDX 107132

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
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> Carol, waiting for Kneasy's response now but asking him to go up
> thread first :-)
> >

Hellish busy in the Real World, so can't respond with usual frequency.

Humiliation? Why would Snape feel  humiliated?
Being tricked into the lair of a ravening beast is not an April Fool practical
joke after which you're ribbed by classmates. If anything the majority of
the school would be more liable to express shock, horror and sympathy.
A sort of rough parallel can be drawn with Harry and Ron ending up as
potential sushi for Aragog's tribe -  they had been given information
that put them in great danger, but they didn't realise it until  too late.
What's the essential difference between "Follow the spiders and you'll
find the answer," and "Go down that tunnel and you'll get the answer."
The intent of the speaker, that's all. One forgets the potential for
disaster, the other dismisses it, thinking only to  score points off
some-one he dislikes. Nasty piece of work, Sirius.

And anyway Snape could salve his injured feelings by getting Sirius, Lupin
and possibly DD thrown out of the school. He'd feel a lot better after that.

And I  don't go along with the 'life debt' theory. 
IMO this is more of DD's flim-flam, said to allow Harry to rationalise his
antipathy towards Snape, to bolster James's image and to conceal Snape's
real job - keeping an eye on young Potter and if possible keep him out
of trouble. Certainly Snape gives no indication of feeling any obligation
towards James - he says that James was just interested in saving his own
skin and those of his friends. His view is understandable. Why did James
go  into the tunnel? To save Snape or to save Sirius and Lupin? 
The latter I think. Saving Snape was the means of achieving the former.

Kneasy