What's wrong with being bad ?

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 101908

Darrin wrote :
> Snape has the right to hate who he wants, but his actions have real 
> impact on people and interfere with his job. He didn't have "the 
> right" as a teacher to let Hermione fend for herself after being hit
> with the tooth enlarging thing. His job means getting students who 
> have been injured, even though stupidity, to medical treatment.

Del replies :
But Hermione *did* get medical treatment, didn't she ? When she fled,
he didn't call after her to come back, he didn't take points from
Gryffyndor because she'd gone, he didn't give her a detention. She was
a fourth-year student who knew perfectly well where the Hospital Wing
was (she even lived there for a while in CoS), so he could trust her
to find it on her own. So what was so wrong in what he did ? It was
mean of him to say what he said, but did he *really* need to tell her
to go get medical help when it was so *obvious* she had to go, and
fast too ? I don't think he had any doubt as to where she was going
when she ran away. And in fact, she might have gotten to the Hospital
Wing faster that way than if Snape had ordered someone to get her
there. So if I were really devious I'd say he said his horrible
comment to make her get help faster ;-)

And as for his hate interfering with his job, we'll have to wait until
the OWLs results to judge of that. If the kids did well, then Snape
did his job correctly.

Darrin wrote :
> And just because someone has "the right" to say or do something 
> means people shouldn't oppose it. The KKK has the right to do what 
> they do, but I despise them.

Del replies :
Yes, you despise them, but unless they do something against the law,
you can't demand that they be punished or that they stop their
activities. You can campaign to change the law, you can try and make
your neighbours see things your way, but you can't say they have no
right to do what they do. Do you see the difference ?

Del, who's glad to see you're still alive and around :-)