"Professor" Snape and Respect

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 98191

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "scoutmom21113" > Bookworm:
> 
> Once upon a time, I had an Executive Officer who almost drove me 
out 
> of the Navy, she was so vile. Despite that, I *always* referred to 
> her as Commander (Nameless) when talking to others, except maybe to 
> very close friends. It is one thing to refer to "Snape" when Harry 
> is talking to his friends in the common room. It is very 
> disrespectful to refer to him without his title when talking to 
> another adult. 
> 
> As the Sergeant Majorette said: Military courtesy and the respect 
> shown to a superior officer have less to do with what one thinks of 
> the officer in question and more to do with one's own military 
> bearing. I'll add to it that the junior shows respect to the senior 
> position or rank, even if s/he has no respect for the person.
> 
> Ravenclaw Bookworm (who met a few of the Sergeant Majorette's Navy 
> counterparts when she was a lowly ensign.)


Well, yes, but that if we all accept that Hogwarts is the exact 
prototype of military school, which I for myself cannot accept yet. 
Who knows, maybe when in book 6 Hogwarts becomes a military center 
for anti-Voldie resistance , I will change my mind.

Right now, despite strong arguments for Dumbledore preparing children 
to fight in advance, because he anticipated Voldie coming back, I 
still think of Hogwarts as a civilian school, where Harry owes Snape 
no automatic respect.

Mind you, I am not saying that Snape should not be referred to 
as "professor", because that is who he is and not to do so will be 
rude. Anything else should be earned and I don't think Snape earned 
it yet.

Alla