Question for Snape Bashers

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 101816

Pippin previously:

> >We are concerned for Neville and Harry because we agree that 
> abuse can cause lasting damage, meaning symptoms that 
> persist even in the face of powerful incentives to change. These 
> symptoms may include paradoxical effects like sadism and 
> inappropriate aggression. We agree it would not be realistic to 
> deal with abuse in the novels and not show these effects. 
> 
> Why, then, are Snape's sadism and inappropriate aggression 
> not read as  the realistic results of abuse? If abuse causes 
> lasting damage, why expect that Snape should have gotten over 
> it?
> 
> Pippin<
>

batchevra:
 
> I am not a Snape basher, I think that Snape, Harry and Remus will 
have to 
> work together to ultimately defeat Voldemort, Neville will help 
also, but I am 
> not sure that he will have to do more or less than the others. 
Having said that, 
> Snape is in a position of authority, and he abuses that authority 
in that he 
> bullies both Harry and Neville. Snape was abused by his parents, I 
don't know 
> enough of the story behind the relationship between Snape, James, 
Sirius, 
> Peter and Remus to say that one is more at fault for the enmity. I 
need more 
> information. Never said that Snape had to get over it, just not 
take it out on 
> children who had nothing to do with what happened before. 
> 
> Batchevra ( who needs more time in the day to read the posts)
> 
 

Alla:

Well, Pippin I partially agree with Batchevra. I don't know enough 
about Snape's school days to say that he was abused by Marauders on a 
permanent basis. All we saw was ONE scene of their seven years in 
Hogwarts, where Snape was definitely bullied, but really, I think 
more information is needed.


I am not even sure that the boy in his memory was Snape, so I can't 
even be sure that he was abused at home.

And again, if he WAS abused on a permanent basis, it is even worse to 
me - victim , who turned bully. He knows exactly how it feels and 
still does it to those who are weaker than them.



I am also in agreement with Batchevra - if Snape is uncapable of 
overcoming those effects of the abuse, let him hate those childrein 
in private, but not take it out on them.,


Alla