Emphasis on proper address was: Snape as father figure

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 131245

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "phoenixgod2000" <jmrazo at h...>
wrote:
> <Snip> 
> 
> I was refering to a few of the other posters who seemed (at least to 
> me) to be saying that Harry wasn't being respectful to Snape because 
> he wasn't throwing a sir in every four words. In my opinion Harry has 
> given Snape plenty of respect within the bounds of Snape's job even 
> though he he does not use sir all the time. I don't know anything 
> about school boy stories, I've never read any of them, but by real 
> world standards, Harry has acted within the bounds of respectfulness 
> (aside from the pensive incident), that I would hold my own students 
> to. As far as I am concerened, anything else would just be stroking 
> Snape's ego. 
> 
> But I've never been one to believe much in formality or giving 
> respect to someone who hasn't actually earned any, so I'm coming from 
> a weird point of view :)

Oh, not weird phoenixgod, I definitely agree with you.  :-)  Snape has
not earned Harry's respect, and Harry should not give it to him, Full
Stop (to quote Betsy).  Regardless of what the standards of Hogwarts
(a poorly run school) or the Wizarding World (a corrupt and backwards
society) or the Old School (a ridiculous and abusive philosophy) are,
Full Stop (to quote Betsy again).  :-)  Being a teacher and a adult
entitles Snape to very little respect - mostly it has to be earned,
Full Stop (to quote Betsy a third time, she's very quotable today).

Lupinlore
> 
> phoenixgod2000