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

[Irene]

No: HPFGUIDX 99738

Sherry Gomes wrote:

> 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.

But people who forget, say, insulin, risk only their own lifes. Lupin's
slip threatened other people.

I don't know whether Dumbledore would be prepared to give  him another 
chance, but not many people would. Snape closed this choice and I 
understand why Dumbledore would be angry about that, even if he would 
ask Lupin to resign anyway.

Lupin also put children's life at risk in other ways - if he told about 
Sirius being animagus, Dumbledore could convince Fudge to remove dementors.

Irene