The Dursleys, the Weasleys, Hagrid, and Snape: Nice people get a pass

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No: HPFGUIDX 125112


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Irene Mikhlin
<irene_mikhlin at b...> wrote:
> 
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> I'm afraid this is a bit like an own goal for you. If
> intentions count so much, then Snape gets a pass for
> his treatment of Neville: his intentions are to make
> the boy learn his potions, whatever it takes. So that
> should excuse the less than perfect implementation
> methods for the said intentions, right? :-)
> 
> Irene
> 
 
And why on Earth are you so sure that is Snape's intent?  I would say,
judging be his behavior, that he has little interest in whether
Neville learns potions or not.  Snape's intentions at this point are
about as clear as a foggy midnight.

Lupinlore