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Carol:
I think *Sirius* hates Severus because he associates him (and
Slytherin in general) with the Dark Arts. But James didn't come 
from a family of Dark Wizards (AFAWK) an his parents are still alive 
at that point. He would have no personal motive for hating the Dark 
Arts or Slytherin or anyone else, including Severus Snape, whom he 
admits has  done nothing to him at that point. James doesn't seem to 
be taking  much of anything seriously, except the Transfiguration 
that he learned earlier to transfigure himself into an Animagus.



Alla:

We don't know whether James had personal motive for hating Dark Arts 
or not. All we know that he always hated them. I can very easily 
come up with personal motive for James - let's say his family were 
Aurors and someone WAS killed by DE.

We also don't know how seriously James took things when he was 
fifteen.



Nora:
I don't want to make James out to be a completely consistent 
principled thinker, given the general tendencies of 15-year old 
boys.  But everyone has an ideology--anyone who tells you otherwise 
is just unaware, or taking the ideological stance that ideologies 
don't matter. :)


Alla:

WORD, Nora. I remember myself at sixteen and I have to tell you my 
political views were very well formed at that time. 


Del :
I see what you mean.
However, as you pointed out in another post, it could be that Sirius
had very deep issues where the Dark Arts were concerned. So is it
really impossible that he would have considered Snape to be so 
dangerous that he would have seized the opportunity to rid the world 
of him ? I wouldn't put it past him.


Alla:

Of course we cannot put anything past any character at this point, 
BUT I tend to agree with Valky - I can see Sirius wanting to kill 
Severus in the heat of the moment, I absolutely don't see him 
PLANNING the murder. Of course, JMO.