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

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 99487

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "melclaros" <melclaros at y...> 
wrote:
> --- 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. 


Matured? Right out of Azkaban? When his darkest thoughts were with 
him every single day? Where Snape probably occupied not the last 
place?


If Sirius said that "serves him right" say in GoF, I would have been 
considerably more upset with him.

 
> Sorry, Black deserved whatever the worst punishment available at 
the 
> time was.

No, he did not. Snape may have thought that he did  and if he 
honestly believed in that, I'll forgive him, but otherwise... Sorry.




 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. 


"Turning over"? Did Sirius tied Snape and threw him into Shrieking 
Shack for Lupin to eat? Oh, I forgot, Snape really wanted to know 
where Lupin went every month. REALLY wanted to know. Sirius  answered 
his question.


> 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

I disagree. Me thinks Arthur Weasley would have been willing to 
listen to Black's story or at least delivered him to Dumbledore right 
away.

Alla