What's wrong with being bad ?

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 101903

Del said, of Snape:
 
> And I'm wondering : what's wrong with that ? Isn't he entitled to
> choose as he wants ? It makes his and others' lifes harder, but so
> what ? Isn't it still his right as a human being to live as he chooses
> ? If others disagree (and many do), it is their right to fight him and
> prevent him from hurting them. But if he likes darkness rather than
> light, and cruelty rather than niceness, what Higher Rule is he
> breaking, if he doesn't believe in a Higher Force ?>

Come on, Del, do you really believe this?  If Snape wants to be an asshole, 
fine.  The problem is that he takes out his own "Dark" beliefs on others.  

I can't see how Higher Forces come into play here anyway.  Where is there a 
culture that expects people to be cruel most if not all of the time?  I'm Jewish 
and we aren't rushing out to insult our children or play favorites or hold 
grudges for decades at a time.

Snape is a delighfully complicated and fascinating character, but I cannot 
excuse the attitude he shows his students who are in a positon of 
subordination and inexperience next to him.  We may just have to agree to 
disagree.

--jenny from ravenclaw