Snape as having been loved.

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"zgirnius" <zgirnius at y...> wrote:

> Well, joining the DEs is pretty
> horrific too 

To claim that just becoming a foot soldier in the Death Eater army
makes one MORE culpable than Voldemort if one has been loved would be
to engage in hyperbolic language, and that's not Rowling's style. 
Rowling did warn us, 2 years ago in a interview, she seemed surprised
and a little alarmed at how much people liked Shape, she said:

"You shouldn't think [Snape is] too nice. Let me just say that. 
It is worth keeping an eye on old Severus Snape, definitely." 

Under ANY circumstances to compare Snape to the astronomical evil of
Voldemort he must have done something much much worse than just
becoming a Death Eater, and now we know what it was. 

Another much more recent quotation by Rowling I think also relates to
Snape: 

"I would say that I think it has been demonstrated, particularly in 
books five and six that immense brainpower does not protect you from 
emotional mistakes and I think Dumbledore really exemplifies that."

Eggplant