Are there no depths to which Siriophiles wont sink?

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 99331

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sherry Gomes" <sherriola at e...> 
wrote:
> Miss Melanie previously : 
> 
> My reply:  You know I don't want to condone or not condone his 
actions that
> night.  But you ask me if I like Sirius?  I do, and you know why?  
Because
> when I see Sirius in the books I see a person who sat in Azkaban 
thinking
> everyday of his life what he did wrong?  I see a guy who sat there 
depressed
> and beaten down because he lost the only true family he had, James 
and Lily.
> 
>  
> I see a guy who I believe truly cared for his godson.  You know you 
can say
> whatever you want about Sirius but if he's bad then my God Snape 
is.  I
> don't care who you are or what you are you have no reason to treat 
a child
> like Snape does.  None.
> 
>  
> 
> ~Melanie
> 
> Sherry now:
> 
> I guess that's it in a nutshell for me.  Sirius was still a 
teenager.  He
> should have known better, but there are reasons for the fact that 
kids
> aren't allowed to perform certain jobs or operate certain kinds of 
equipment
> even at 16.  They are still developing a sense of judgment.  Which 
doesn't
> make the pensive scene any better or excuse it.  But Snape is an 
adult, who
> is verbally and emotionally abusing students and getting away with 
it.  I
> try very hard to view him with an open mind, since Dumbledore 
trusts him,
> but I still can't get around the fact that he treats Neville in 
particular
> with cruelty.  There's no pretty way to express it.  If I had a 
child who
> had a teacher who constantly humiliated him, I'd be pounding on 
doors and
> doing whatever I could to get that teacher removed.  As someone 
else pointed
> out, Sirius was able to admit he had been wrong, but Snape has never
> admitted being wrong in his treatment of Neville or Harry or 
Hermione.  He
> is constantly acting like a bullying teenager, not the adult 
teacher he is
> supposed to be.  Just my two cents.
> 
> sherry G


Oh, Sherry, absolutely. As I said many times to me emotionally Snape 
is still fifteen. Your reaction is the exactly same reaction I have 
when I think of Snape as a teacher.

Going back to Snape and Sirius, if Harry was not in the equation, I 
would most definitely cared equally for both of those guys, but since 
I admitted many times to Harry being my favourite character (and 
Sirius and Snape coming number two and three), that definitely 
influences my other likes and dislikes in the books (although there 
are only a few characters in the potterverse which I dislike).


Sirius and Severus are very very similar in many respects, that I 
have NO problem admitting whatsoever, but one of them loves Harry and 
the other ...well, not as far as we know yet. :o) I will say again it 
influences me.


Alla