Conspiracies and re-assessments

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 112678

Valky:
>  Was it Snape who made to give lonesome 
>  tragic Remus a kindness he had never known and 
>  was unfairly denied.
>  No it was James and Sirius. 
> 
> 
> Hannah: So Snape deserved to be condemned on the fact he 
> didn't befriend Remus Lupin? 
> 
Valky: Actually no, nothing of the sort. 
Actually, trying to say that James and Sirius hold in very high 
regard the *principles in themselves* that lay behind their lack of 
bigotry. I still don't think I have actually said it right.
 
It *really* means *something* to Sirius that he believes in 
principles above bigotry and prejudice. And I *think* that Sirius 
infers to Harry that James felt it was very important too. 

They were young and stupid and did *not* think the way they treated 
Snape was bigotry, although it was. But they did *really* _believe_ 
in living above it.

Maybe I *still* haven't said it right....


Valky: 
> > So James and Sirius thought they were superior to Snape, are 
they entitled to their delusion of superiority, after all?
> 
>Hannah: 
> Well, it really depends on whether their delusion of superiority 
*was* based on the fact Snape was into dark arts, or whether they 
felt they were better than him because he was greasy, studious, and 
bad at sport, while they were handsome, popular and good at 
quidditch.  My argument is that it was the latter reason that made 
them feel superior, 


Valkys reply:

Wow Hannah! You make such an excellent point. In most cases a 
debater would, but I will not, drag any inference of an impasse into 
this debate. Instead, I make no argument out respect for the quality 
of your statement. It deserves to stand uncontested.