Why should Harry be expected to listen to anyone at Hogwarts?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 122958



> Juli:
> 
> So, yes, Harry should treat Snape with respect, whether he 
> feels that respect and whether or not Snape *deserves* that
> respect. In doing so, Harry's not doing it for Snape but for 
> himself. If you stoop to someone else's level, what are you
> proving, after all, except that you have the capacity to be
> an equally disrespectful person? (IMO, of course)
> 
> 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> You are letting that person know that his/her bad treatment will 
not be tolerated by you.

Pippin:

Harry's already put up with it for five years. Besting Snape won't 
change anything. Anyway, Harry is not a prisoner at Hogwarts 
and nobody forced him to attend potions classes or even 
occlumency. 

The respect is due to the position, not the individual. If Harry 
believes that Snape is not qualified to teach, then he should 
resign from the class. But Harry is not the Headmaster or the 
Hogwarts Board of Governors, and he has no right to usurp their 
authority by making it impossible for Snape to do his job.

Pippin