Sirius vs. Snape

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Snow15145 wrote: 
> > In all fairness there's one thing that appears to be left out in 
> > the "Ruthlessness of Sirius and Sympathy for Snape scenario" 
which 
> > is; that no one twisted Snape's arm to go to the Shrieking 
Shack. It 
> > was Snape's own free will and choice to make that decision. Yes, 
he 
> > was enticed to go there but it was still Snape's animosity and 
> > suspicious behavior that would have caused his own demise. 

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Potioncat:
Sirius knew Snape was curious and told him how to get into the 
passageway.  So if Snape had been injured, it would not have been 
Sirius' fault?  Sorry, I don't buy that.  Snape had no reason to 
expect a deadly situation.

I will say, that although we don't know what happened when DD found 
out about it, he does not now seem to take it as seriously as Snape 
does.  Or if he did at the time, he must have considered actual 
damage (none) compared to possible damage if it was revealed.  

  
Kneasy: 
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> Harry has a watch-dog cum guardian at Hogwarts and his name is 
Snape.
> It's a chore;  it's frustrating; it's boring. But Snape does it. 
And to do  it he doesn't have to like Harry and Harry doesn't have 
to like him. 
snip
> 
> Snape is not nice, So what? But he is fun. 
snip
 Snape-aholics don't neccessarily like Snape's character,
> but they do savour it. 
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 Sirius desperately wants to be loved; Snape doesn't give
> a toss, just so long as Harry follows the instructions of wizards 
who
> know what they're doing and what they're hoping to achieve.
> 
> Snape and Sirius know each other of old. To Sirius Snape is the 
nasty,
> sneaky Snivellus to be obstructed on principle. To Snape Sirius
> is the cowardly would-be murderer who'll hex a disarmed person.
> Right or wrong has little to do with it anymore.
>  
> Harry of course, hasn't a clue what's really going on.
> 


Potioncat:
Me too to Kneasy's post.  (Articulate, aren't I?)
I have to admit, Snape is a generally unpleasant fellow. Perhaps 
that is why he's easy to defend.  He's a bad person performing good 
deads (with attitude.)  While Serius is good person behaving badly. 
We expect more of the "good" person.  IMO, Snape accomplishes far 
more than Serius does. And while I'm not really a fan of ESE!  I do 
have my doubts as to Sirius' loyalty.
Potioncat