... the "Prank" ? Reverse Psychology & Impulsiveness

[melclaros]

No: HPFGUIDX 99481

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
 
> 
> Don't get me wrong on this last point, youthful impulsiveness may
> explain what happened, but it doesn't excuse it. Not in this book 
and
> not in real life. 


Even if it did, Black's flippant attitude, "He deserved it." YEARS 
later (after he'd, according to a large faction here, 'matured') 
would have negated any excuse that might have been formulated at age 
15. 

Sorry, Black deserved whatever the worst punishment available at the 
time was. Apologists, take Snape completely out of the picture and 
consider the consequences to *Lupin* if this 'prank' had gone 
further.
It absolutely astounds me that some here can't see the difference 
between 'turning over' a 15 year old to a deadly creature 
and 'turning over' a wanted criminal to the authorities, as 
unpleasant as they are. 
And all because it's Snape. Change the character to, say, Arthur 
Weasley and watch what happens. Yes, in the timeframe of PoA, he'd 
have turned Black over to Fudge and the Dementors as well.

Mel