Did Snape kil DD? WAS: Re: PoA - Snape knew?/

[esmith222002]

No: HPFGUIDX 143590


> Lupinlore:
> 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.

I couldn't DISAGREE more. I do not have a firm enough grasp of 
British law to argue the legal angle. BUT, if DD and Snape have 
concocted a plan that requires the 'murder' of DD, and that this plan 
was executed for the eventual destruction of Lord Voldemort and the 
better good of the wizarding world, then I personally do not believe 
it to be morally wrong. In fact, I regard it as incredibly brave. 

'Lupinlore - If DD asked/begged/ordered Snape to kill him it would 
not matter in any way, shape, form, or fashion.'

That is your opinion - it is not fact. Personally, I do not believe 
that euthanasia (if that is what it is) is morally wrong. JMO!

As for Snape - even if he is acting for good, I doubt he cares about 
the moral/legal angle anyway. I think he has an intensely personal 
grudge against Voldemort, and that this is all that matters. In fact, 
I do not see Snape surviving book 7. Whatever he does, it will have a 
huge bearing on the final conflict between HP & LV (i'm still betting 
on Horcrux destruction), but he will die in the end.

IMO the events on the tower will never be explained by either Snape 
of (posthumous) DD.

Brothergib