Quesiton for Snapeophiles and -phobes RE Dumbledore, Snape, and Harry

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 114577


Shaun:
> > 
> > I doubt he's going to be broken by a 15 year old childs 
defiance.

Dzeytoun: 
> Broken?  Certainly not.  Frustrated to the point that he decides 
it  isn't worth it?  Quite likely.<

Pippin:
If five years of Harry's defiance haven't frustrated Snape, what 
makes you think two years more will do the trick? 

Respect for the *position* of teacher is earned when one 
accepts the position of pupil. Regardless of whether you think 
Snape ought to have his job or not, as a teacher he has the right 
to demand  that his pupils obey school rules, follow instructions, 
answer questions civilly and pay attention in class. He has never 
asked any more from Harry than this, and I fail to see how doing 
any of those things would be harmful to Harry. If an abusive 
person tells you not to jump off a cliff, would you do it just to 
prove they can't order you around?


As for the idea that Voldemort's rule would be more benign than 
Snape's, last I looked Voldemort was trying to kill Harry and 
everybody else, and Snape and Dumbledore were trying to keep 
Harry and everybody else alive. That entails some suffering on 
Harry's part, as a treatment for cancer might require a child to be 
treated with poisons and irradiated. 

Pippin