Snape's abuse (Re: Would an "O" for Harry vindicate Snape?)

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 131499

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Amanda Geist" <editor at t...> 
wrote:


> 
> And I think children should be exposed to someone like Snape. The 
sooner
> they learn that life isn't fair; that some people are mean for no 
reason;

But mean people should not be tolerated simply because they exist, 
quite the opposite.


> that sometimes the mean ones are on your side even if they're not 
nice;

Are they?  I'm not at all sure that Snape is on Harry's side in any 
meaningful way.  That remains to be seen.

 and
> that the nice people aren't always your friends--the better. It's 
called
> reality.

So what?  Murder is part of reality, as well, so is rape.  I hope you 
don't mean children should be exposed to murderers and rapists.  No, 
I don't mean that Snape is a murderer or a rapist.  I just point out 
that the argument is, IMO, extraordinarily weak.

 Most school systems and theories seem to set out to protect
> children from reality, rather than give them a chance to learn to 
deal with
> it.
> 

Rather, modern school systems and theories are in place to prevent 
just the kind of abuse that Snape practices -- and much worse things 
as well.

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