Question for Snape Bashers

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 102167

I, Del, wrote :
> How do you know that he "abuses" his authority ? Yes he bullies 
> Harry, Neville, and countless others. 

Batchevra answered :
> I am confused about what you are trying to say here, first you ask 
> how Snape is abusing his authority and then in the next sentence you
> agree that Snape is bullying Harry and Neville.

Del replies :
Easy :-) I don't equate bully and abuse. 

Batchevra wrote :
> I am not tolerant when it comes to people abusing children. When 
> that line is crossed, I have problems with it, and Snape crosses the
> line in quite a number of ways. If Snape wants to be strict, then 
> let him be strict, if he wants to be unfair than let it be, unfair. 
> But don't abuse a child.

Del replies :
It all depends on what you define as abuse. Some things that our
parents or grandparents did to their kids would be considered abuse
now. There are countries that have made spanking and slapping your
kids illegal.
So yes I see Snape doing tough things to the kids, but we can't know
if it's considered abuse in their society.

Batchevra wrote :
> The same way you were able to not abuse your child, Snape should 
> have been able to restrain himself, I mean I'm sure he could have 
> found more flies to zap instead of bullying Harry and Neville.

Del replies :
There's two major differences between Snape and I :
1. I have dealt with my past problems, realized that I didn't like it,
decided long ago I didn't want to repeat it. We don't know that Snape
even thought about his past, and much less what kind of decision he
took. It feels to me that for him everything is still very much present.
2. I have a religion, which helps me put things into perspective, and
forces me to think and ponder. Snape doesn't seem to have that.

Del