Marietta and Hermione (was JKR's Messages ) (was Re: Hermione In Trouble?)

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 120993


Eggplant wrote:
"I can say absolutely nothing about your example one way or the other
 because your thought experiment does not contain enough information 
to be constructive. You have one man chasing another man for unknown
reasons and you ask me to make a moral judgment. I can not. Man A may
be a monster, Man B may be a monster, perhaps both are, perhaps 
neither are, who knows. You need to tell me more."

Del replies:
That's *exactly* what I've been saying all along : motives, reasons,
background *do* matter a great deal. Judging people *only* on their
actions is running a high risk of getting the whole situation
completely wrong. And yet whenever I mention that we don't know about
such or such character's motives, you tell me that you don't care and
that their actions are enough for you to judge them evil.

Eggplant wrote:
"If Snape is not afraid to tell Fudge about it, the leader of the 
wizard world, and tell him in a very direct, forceful, downright rude
manner then I don't see why he wouldn't tell the students, or anybody
else that asked. "

Del replies:
Oh, I have no doubt that Snape wouldn't in any way be afraid of
telling anything to anyone. That wasn't my point though. I was asking
if we know from canon that Snape *did* tell the WW about what he
knows. I don't remember he or any other member of the Hogwarts faculty
(except for DD of course) ever witnessing of anything they've seen or
been told about the resurrection of LV. And where Snape is concerned,
it's even very likely that he cannot do that because of his Order
mission, whatever it is.

Del