Did Snape kil DD? WAS: Re: PoA - Snape knew?/Who is the real dark character in the series

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 143537

> Bart:
> 	Did he kill Dumbledore? Was Dumbledore's hand unhealable 
because it was 
> magically damaged, or was it unhealable because he could no longer 
heal 
> from injuries? From (S/P)S, Chapter 8: "I can teach you how to bottle 
> fame, brew glory, even stopper death"
> 
>

Yes, if Snape's spell was the proximate cause of of DD's death, he not 
only killed Dumbledore, he murdered him in every legal and moral 
sense.  If DD was in fact dying it would not matter in any way, shape, 
form, or fashion.  If the situation was hopeless with regard to tactics 
it would not matter in any way, shape, form, or fashion.  If DD 
asked/begged/ordered Snape to kill him it would not matter in any way, 
shape, form, or fashion.

Now, if, as has been theorized by some, what happened was an elaborate 
ruse that went south in a catastrophic way, then Snape would have some 
workable defense.  But that is the only situation in which Snape would 
have a defense.


Lupinlore