Snape isn't evil

[Miles]

No: HPFGUIDX 143495

ornadv wrote:
> If DD did it, it would be such an irresponsible reckless thing to
> do! I mean the least thing to do, would have been to ask the Potters
> and Longbottoms , if they agreed to being endangered this way.

Miles:
 They couldn't, because neither Harry nor Neville was born then.
I don't think that Dumbledore anticipated Voldemort attacking a baby. But he
is responsible for the attack, if he really passed the prophecy to Voldemort
(through Snape).

ornadv wrote:
> Voldemort doesn't even know there is a prophecy - so why put him on
> track of anybody.

Miles:
 Because we know from the prophecy, that the only way to create the
Chosen One is certain action taken by Voldemort. He has to "mark him as his
equal". If he would not, the Chosen One could not overcome Voldemort. To
fulfill the prophecy it is necessary that Voldemort knows about it.

ornadv wrote:
> I offered another explanation: Trelawney's prophecy was interrupted
> in the middle, when Snape got caught. She immediately resumed the
> prophecy, when Snape wasn't anymore there.

Miles:
 I do not like this explanation very much. I must admit, that we do
not know much about what state of mind we see when a prophecy is made. But I
really doubt, that it can be interrupted and resumed some moments later.
Particularly when we deal with a "seer" like Trelawny, who made two
prophecys in her lifetime.

ornadv wrote:
> And another question, which occurred to me - why didn't Voldemort
> try to kidnap Trelawney then and there to extract the prophecy from
> her?

Miles: 
Why should he? He only learnt about a second part of the prophecy he
didn't know... umph, don't know exactly when, in the course of GoF or OotP?
Before he didn't know about Trelawny being important for him.
We can only speculate, if the prophecy is somewhere hidden in Trelawny's
memory. But to kidnap her would have been very difficult. She seems to stay
at Hogwarts all the time, and Hogwarts *is* a very safe place, as we know.

Miles