It's over, Snape is evil /Ruthless Dumbledore?

[hickengruendler]

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> Alla:
> 
> That is  PRECISELY what is not believable to me. I believe that JKR 
> hits us  very strongly with " murder hurts the soul" metaphor and
> that 
> is why it is not believable to me ( only my opinion of course) 
> that "epitome of goodness" would ask anybody to hurt their soul for
> any 
> purpose.
> 
 
Hickengruendler:

Alla, I normally would agree with you, but I think this is a very 
special case. Assuming Snape told Dumbledore about the vow, than not 
only Snape but also Dumbledore had a choice. Dumbledore had a choice 
between being killed by either Snape or Draco or to save his own life 
while maybe safing Draco, but sacrificing Snape. And in this case he 
would always chose his own death. Of course it means Snape had to 
commit a horrible act, but I still think that this is the less evil 
choice compared to the possibility that Dumbledore, Snape and Draco 
all would have died, if Snape didn't fulfill the vow. And I still 
don't see how Dumbledore could have survived this, even if the Potion 
wasn't fatal (which I think it was). Dumbledore was surely not happy 
about Snape having to kill him, but considering that otherwise three 
lives instead of one were lost, there hardly was any other choice.