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

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 131651

Lupinlore wrote:
"The Wizarding World as we have been shown is a corrupt, backward, and
deeply abusive society.  The fact that Snape, or anyone else for that
matter, is tolerated by the WW standards is no defense WHATSOEVER."

Del replies:
Oh yes it is!!!

Circumstances and the local law are paramount in determining the
gravity of an act.

RL example: nobody in the US will be condemned to death for smuggling
a bit of coke. But an American can be condemned to death in some Asian
countries for doing so.

Would Snape be condemned for his teaching methods in the RW? Yes of
course. But the point is: he is NOT in the RW. 

And THAT is all that matters. The law and the morality where HE lives
are not against what he is doing, and that is a more-than-sufficient
defense for his actions.

Trying to prosecute Snape for something that is considered neither
illegal nor immoral in his world is pointless. What is necessary is to
change the law and/or the morality in the WW. What Harry and the
others must do is *make the WW disapprove legally and/or morally of
Snape's actions*. Then Snape's condemnation will come automatically if
he keeps acting the same way.

I think this is precisely what DD is aiming for: a change of heart in
the WW society. Not just a change of policy, but a true change of heart.

Del