Whither Snape AND the Dursleys AND Umbridge? (was Re: Cultural standards...)

[Sydney]

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 "lupinlore"
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> Ah, but was total ruination a satisfactory punishment for stealing 
> the memories of others, as happened with Lockheart?  

Wasn't Lockhart about to destroy the minds of Ron and Harry, and leave
Ginny to die, as well as having addled the brains of numerous heroic
witches and wizards?  He did to himself what he had done to other
people-- just like Snape was humiliated by Neville at pretty much the
same level at which Neville was humiliated by Snape.  Proper
proportion and correlation seems to be what you demand of 'karmic'
punishment, and IMO that has already been accomplished for Snape, at
least as far as Neville is concerned. 


> As to JKR not seeking justice for the sins of Umbridge, Snape, and 
> the Dursleys -- frankly, all of this reminds me of opinions we heard 
> before HBP.  "We will never hear about Harry's scar again, life isn't 
> fair and he has to learn to deal with it.  Umbridge will NOT be 
> returning, JKR has already pronounced sentence and dealt with that 
> situation.  Dumbledore will never again make any mention of the 
> Dursleys or their treatment of Harry."  Those all turned out to be 
> completely mistaken, and I am quite confident that the idea that 
> Snape will get off scot free, or that the Dursleys do not have some 
> more paying to do, or that Umbridge will simply slip along without 
> more torture, will turn out to be completely mistaken as well.

I don't have much of an opinion either way on what will happen to
either the Dursleys or Umbrige, because IMO it hasn't been telegraphed
to the same way that Snape's catharsis with Harry has been telgraphed.
JKR may or may not write a scene, depending, I suppose, on whether
such a scene would be useful towards the main plot of the Horcruxes
and Voldemort.  And of course we'll hear about Harry's scar again,
it's the whole point of the series!  As for Snape 'getting off scott
free', as most people, whether pro- or anti- Snape, think it's
extremely likely that he will die, I don't think that's a common
feeling at all.. Our disagreement is whether the death penalty for
those who are sarcastic to children is just and satisfying, which I
fear would condemn me and many of my favorite teachers!  

--Sydney