[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape vs. RW (was: Harry) (was: What if other teachers behaved like Snape?)

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pippin_999 <foxmoth at qnet.com> wrote:

> Potioncat:
> I don't know what DD was thinking.  I know he has two roles: 
Leader of the anti-LV group and Headmaster.  But if you ask me, 
he confuses  them.
> 
> He took a young man, rumored at 11 to be up to his eyes in 
dark arts, who has the social skills of a rattlesnake, and was/is a 
member of the Death Eaters and gave him a job TEACHING 
children?   From DD's point of view, Snape must be performing 
beyond his wildest  dreams!
> 

The two roles aren't in conflict, because as Harry's intuition told 
him in Book One, Hogwarts is a target of LV regardless. The 
Hat's strategy for defending the school and Dumbledore's 
strategy for defeating LV are the same: all those who are willing 
to oppose LV must be united. That includes people who study 
the Dark Arts, have the social skills of a rattlesnake and initially 
found the Death Eaters attractive. If you are willing to risk your
own safety to protect  innocent lives, then Dumbledore wants you 
on his side, even if your politics and his don't agree.

And after all, Snape's ideas are pretty common in the wizarding 
world. There is  no expectation that life is going to be fair, or
that it's the Ministry's job or the school's to level the playing
field.
And the wizards have managed to convince themselves that the 
Muggleborn, the goblins and the centaurs are all as happy with 
the situation as the House Elves are, so it's no good just 
pointing out that things are unfair, as Hermione keeps 
discovering. 

LV is skillfully exploiting this situation by telling each group what 
it wants to hear. He has the gift, as some people do, of 
convincing you that he's only fooling everyone else  -- *you* are in 
on his real plans. I've seen this done in real life, and the only way 
to fight it is for everyone to decide that they can put their
factional differences aside long enough to deal with the 
manipulator.

Pippin





This is explained very easily with:  The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

moonmyyst


		
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