Rampant Ingratitude, was Re:Lusting After Snape

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 129476

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:

> 
> Pippin (about Harry's experience with Occlumency and Snape's
dereliction):

> No harm in that if they weren't *working* --you
> can't have it both ways. And as Harry has learned so little about
> occlumency, he's hardly an authority. 

OK, the person having the experience knew nothing about it.  I think
we'll just have to agree to disagree, here.
> 
> Amiable Dorsai:
> 
>  Yep. In this case his action was implying to a student in his charge
>  that it was OK to break the law for trivial purposes.
> 
> Pippin:
> I think you've missed my point. Learning the truth about Harry's
> midnight  rambling and suspected  pilfering was not trivial under 
> the circumstances. There was a Death Eater loose and Harry was 
> obstructing a criminal investigation, not to mention putting 
> himself in danger. 

Erm, what criminal investigation?  And nobody knew about the Death
Eater, least of all, Snape.

> Pippin:
> And Snape has been dead right -- about Quirrell and Lockhart, and
> he was probably right about Lupin too. If it's okay for Harry, whose 
> brain is channeling Voldemort,  to think for himself, why not Snape? 

Lupin?

Amiable Dorsai