Conspiracies and re-assessments

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 112312

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214"
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
> > Potioncat:
> > Well, how  would we see it if we changed the characters?  Draco and 
> > Harry?  But we know something about them and that would influence 
> > our take on it.  How about Unknown Hufflepuff and Unknown 
> Ravenclaw? 
> > 
> 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> You mean Harry holding Draco upside down or vice versa? Yes, I would 
> pretty much say that Draco deserved it based on their dynamics, I 
> actually would doubt that Harry would do it under normal 
> circumstances.
> 
> 
> Two unknown students, where two bullying another one? Again, as two 
> people doing something bad, but I will need to know much more before 
> I condemn them as evil. Actually, I am reluctant to condemn any child 
> as evil, unless said child commits a murder in front of me, I guess.
> 
> I am significantly less forgiving towards FICTIONAL adults. :o)


Carol:
Snape, or rather Severus, was also fifteen at the time, so whatever he
did to "deserve" being publicly humiliated deserves the same
forgiveness or tolerance, doesn't it? And that would include his
calling Lily a "Mudblood" (under duress), which to me is less evil
(and certainly less dangerous) than James's (and Sirius's) treatment
of him. Just a thought.

Carol