Snape and Harry again.

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Pippin:

snip.

 I understand that you 
> want Snape to stop feeling gratified by the pleasure he feels 
> when he hurts somebody, but I don't think that's under his 
> control, anymore than I can help feeling gratified when I eat 
> chocolate. I can give up eating chocolate, but I can't give up 
liking 
> it, you see?


Alla:

LOL, Pippin, as fellow chocolate lover I agree with THAT part, but I 
have to part the ways with all your other contentions.

What do you mean, it is beyond Snape's control to stop feeling 
pleasure, while he hurts somebody. You mean sadism is like an 
addiction or an uncurable disease? You mean there is no way for the 
person to improve oneself?

I understand that if Snape tries to improve his behaviour, he won't 
be able to do it right away, but in time, why not?

The problem is that he does not WANT to stop doing what he is doing 
and we have a closed circle of bad behaviour.


> Pippin:
> Excuse me?  There are at least 100 House Elves owned by  
> Hogwarts, and I have never heard Dumbledore treat any of them 
> the way Sirius treated Kreacher.
> 

Alla:

Oops, sorry. I concede of course. Dumbledore does treat house elves 
better than anybody else, but still it is the exception, not the rule.