Harry's anger (was Re: Draco's anger.)

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TrekkieGrrrl" <trekkie at s...> wrote:
> Since when has two wrongs equalled one right? 

Since they found out they were in a war. If this really is a war the 
good guys will do far more distasteful things than look in Snape's 
Pensive  before they're through. And that's good because it makes 
things interesting. At the end of the series I want some people to 
denounce Harry, I want others to say he did what he had to do, I 
want moral ambiguity, I want controversy not a paragon of ethics. 
And at the end of the series if you can not find at least one self 
appointed guardian of the nation's morals who is outraged and says 
Rowling is corrupting our youth then she is not doing her job.
 

> that Snape removed that memory was 
> the very reason why Harry was *not*
> entitled to see it.

Harry had memories that he didn't want Snape to see but Snape found 
a way to overcome Harry's defenses; Snape had memories he didn't 
want Harry to see, but he found a way around Snape's precautions. 
Turn about is fair play and I don't understand why Harry, just a 
boy, should be held to a higher ethical standard than an adult like 
Snape.

I realize the stereotypical hero always has a white hat, drops the 
gun if the bad guy threatens to shoot the damsel in distress, and 
never ever fights dirty even if the other fellow does, but 
stereotypical heroes are colossal bores and in real life such people 
are colossal flops too, the strategy just doesn't work.  

Eggplant