Draco's anger (was Snape and Occlumency)

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 121799


Del replies:

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Let's be honest : how many of us are sorry for Draco because his dad
is in prison? And yet, isn't it a terrible thing for a teenager to see
his adored father sent to prison? But many of us don't care, because
we don't like Draco. And so it is for Snape with Harry. Snape doesn't
care about Harry, so when Sirius died, Snape probably only saw his own
interest : Sirius is dead, yeah!! (Next on the list would be Lupin, I
guess)


Alla:

Ummm, yes, I don't care MUCH, but at the same time the intellectual 
part of my mind completely understands that this is a terrible thing 
for teenager to live with, even such rotten as Draco.


BUT I don't care much mainly not because I don't like Draco, but 
because I think that Lucius where he deserves to be - namely in 
prison.


And yes, I am pretty sure that Snape did a victory dance when Sirius 
died, I still think that he should ahve let this one go. You know, 
just IGNORE Harry for once, not comfort him or anything, I would not 
expect him to go THAT far.


Del:

Snape doesn't care about Harry, many of us don't care about Draco,
that's life : we tend to cry only with the people we didn't dislike
before tragedy hit them. I suppose it makes us all wrong...


Alla:

I think this  statement is too general, Del. I am not sure I will cry 
with the person I dislike before when such person experienced the 
tragedy, but to some degree I would definitely empathicize with such 
person.

I am also not sure how it relates to the criticism of Snape. He was 
WRONG, IMO only.


Just my opinion,

Alla