Rampant Ingratitude, was Re:Lusting After Snape

[Lindsay!!]

No: HPFGUIDX 129367

phoenixgod2000 wrote:

<<<<First of all, Snape isn't wounded.  He's not a fluffy little bird 
with 
> a broken wing. Snape is a bad man. A terrorist escaping prosecution 
by 
> virtue of squealing on his terrorist buddies. Using a sports 
metaphor 
> to describe Snape doesn't do justice to the position he is actually 
> in.>>>>>

  I agree that his crime was a little more serious than the 
originally presented sports metaphor. But I'm not so sure that 
equating Snape as a terrorist informant may be a bit harsh as well. 
Yes, we believe he must have done awful things and he was friends 
with people in the group. The Death Eaters as a whole are terrorists 
by nature, but I don't believe we know enough about Snape's specific 
involvement to dimish all of his saving graces. You're making him 
guilty by association for all of the crimes committed. Single-
handedly, he probably means far less to the DEs than he does to the 
Order.That would be like saying that in historical context any person 
who acts within every group is as bad as the group as a whole. We 
still can't rule out that Snape was pressured by family or obligation 
to join. Whatever he did in the DE was wrong, but without more 
details we can't say full stop he was a terrorist and we can't say 
that whatever brought him to seeing the light does make a big 
difference to our perception of his gratitude, in my opinion. 

phoenixgod2000 Wrote:
<<<<<I say Snape in ungrateful because 
> there isn't much--if any--evidence that he actually is grateful for 
> the position he has and not the one he actually deserves.>>>>

 Well maybe that is precisely why he isnt' grateful. Perhaps he 
wishes he was thrown in Azkaban or killed. Perhaps he feels he is 
getting off to easy and that is why he shows such disdain for life. 
Also, I feel overall he is on a personal level grateful to 
Dumbledore. Just because someone isn't nice to everyone doesn't mean 
they aren't grateful. I think overall we still have a limited 
perception of Snape and details will make the difference.

Lindsay