Snape and Harry again.

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> 
Feklar:

> Personally, I don't like SB.  I was dismayed in GOF when he 
admitted his
> solution to the dragons was the Conjuctivitus Curse (ironically, 
the "dark"
> contestant's solution) and he kind of went downhill from there.  
I'm
> inclined to give him a pass on his early years because he was 
presumably
> raised to be vicious and mean from an early age.  And I can see 
why he might
> have feared and hated Snape from the get go.  But ultimately, 
while he may
> have decided he disagreed with his family's politics, he doesn't 
seem to
> have any problem with their methods.  That is, he doesn't see 
anything wrong
> with being vicious and abusive, so long as it's for a cause he 
likes.
 
Alla:

Let's forget about likes and dislikes for a second, because then 
we'll have to agree to disagree right away. :o) 

You said you are willing to give Sirius a pass for his early years, 
because of his family upbringing am I correct?

So, do we have any examples of Sirius applying his family methods or 
being vicious and abusive in his later years? (except slashing fat 
Lady portrait, please).

About Sirius unreliability, well, some posters did argue precisely 
what you said that Sirius cannot be reliable because of his Dark 
upbringing  and I just flipped it backwards that precisely because 
of his upbringing he is quite reliable.

I mean sure, it could be shown all around later that he was a liar, 
but so far he was not caught lying yet and I will give his words 
same weight which I give... say Dumbledore (actually I consider 
Dumbledore less reliable canon witness than Sirius, because JKR 
already said that Dumbledore is hiding something )