[HPforGrownups] Re: Lupin's resignation and the legacy of hate

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 99733

Pippin:

You mean, if Snape had kept quiet, and Lupin had resigned to 
"spend more time with his remaining limbs", there wouldn't have 
been a scandal and Umbridge couldn't have used it? You think 
there should have been a cover-up?

Or are you saying the scandal would have been lessened if 
Lupin himself had told the school why he was leaving? Because 
I don't see that Snape's announcement deprived him  of the 
opportunity to do that. Of course it wouldn't have looked so noble  
if he'd told *everyone* that Snape outed him just because he 
didn't get an Order of Merlin. Think about that when you think 
about whether Lupin gave out two different explanations for why 
he was leaving.



Sherry now:

I don't think that anyone should have been told about Lupin being a
werewolf.  To me, it is comparable to our world, and having a school full of
students being told that a teacher has the HIV virus or some other mindless
fear evoking disease or disability.  It would be inexcusable, and a
violation of that person's civil rights.  I also don't blame Lupin on the
issue of forgetting his potion.  People do forget their meds, even ones that
could be life threatening to miss.  Especially in times of great anxiety and
stress.

Sherry G