Debatable ethical issues in OotP and HBP

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 142501

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nrenka" <nrenka at y...> wrote:

> I'll eat the full measure of crow be I wrong, but who doesn't by now 
> suspect that it's going to come down to those sorts of things rather 
> than some wands blazing magical skillz showdown, or last minute 
> revelations of seekrit plots and agents?  Lily didn't do any special 
> magic or rituals or any of that to save baby Harry's life; pure 
> emotion, and a positive one at that.
> 

Pippin:
Why can't it be both? Sure, Slytherins need to acknowledge the power of
love. But we saw what an absolute botch Sirius made of the seekrit-keeper
switch. He could have used a little Snakey advice. 

I haven't gotten much response to my idea that Sirius allowed himself to
be a marked man for the sake of giving DE Snape some credibility. But,
if  Sirius thought that Voldemort had ordered Snape to kill him, that could
explain why Bella shot a stunner at him (the jet of red light), and why
Sirius taunted her.

Pippin