Conspiracies and re-assessments

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 112414


> > Pippin
> > thinking that James's defenders are doing a good job of 
adding  hypocrisy to his list of virtues ;-)<<
> 
> Alla:
> 
> Eh, why?

Pippin:

Well, I'm not sure I can convince you if you don't see it already, 
but  if it was all noble and above board, why  did they need to 
keep it secret? Why didn't they go to Professor McGonagall or 
Dumbledore and say, "We'd like permission to study the 
animagus transformation so we can help poor Remus?" 

 Why did James have to keep his continued private war with 
Snape secret from Lily after they became friends? Sirius makes 
it pretty clear that she wouldn't have approved. And James was 
an *adult* by that time, too. 

I guess Lily had some misquided Muggleborn idea that people 
ought to be considered innocent until proven guilty--oh, wait, 
Dumbledore believes that too, doesn't he? I suppose he 
wouldn't have authorized James to form an inquisitorial squad. 
He would think that's a bad thing, you know, evil. It wouldn't 
happen if he had anything to say about it, would it?

Pippin