Real child abuse/ Snape again

[Miles]

No: HPFGUIDX 145635

Thank you to Betsy Hp, a_svirn and La Gatta for writing much better answers
to Alla's response than I could have written.

Just some additional remarks from my side.

The reason I keep insisting on correct definitions of child abuse and their
proper understanding is, that this point is much more important than the
entire Harry Potter series. Not the definition - but what happens to
children. It's important to talk about it, but it is as important not to mix
up abuse with unfriendliness or even nastiness.

> Alla:
> Sort of but not quite - I think that what Snape does to them creates
> emotional connection because emotional connection can be both
> positive and negative - as in ability of Snape to influence their
> emotions if that makes any kind of sense.

Miles:
This is certainly no basis for emotional abuse. And sorry, Alla, but this is
beyond personal opinion, it is an unfounded stretching of the definition of
emotional abuse you brought into our discussion. Sorry if it sounds rude,
but it's really ad rem, not ad personam.
You need a position of emotional dependence for this kind of abuse, and
Snape never was in that kind of position.
We see Snape in that kind of position in his relation to Draco, and he acts
in a completely different way.

I described Harry's reactions to *real* abuse by Umbridge, and this is
totally different to his reactions to Snape. I do think that Rowling
described the feelings of Harry and his reactions as the ones of an abused
child because she wanted to show us, that Umbridge is not only "nasty" like
Snape, but she is an abuser, a criminal.

In the scene when he and his friends are caught in Umbridge's office (OotP)
he turns to SNAPE to ask him for help. Just think about it.

Miles