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

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No: HPFGUIDX 143617

Brothergib  wrote: 
" 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. "
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CH3ed:
I agree with brothergib. It is true that the exact scenario (as 
occured on the Tower) could not have been foreseen, but the general 
scenario could have been anticipated by the very thorough and 
farsighted DD. That Snape killed DD on DD's pre-arranged order is 
entirely possible and not morally wrong as the 'murder' would have 
been done with DD's consent(and on DD's request).

 It is possible that in that scenario DD pleaded because Snape did 
not want to go thru with that pre-arrange order (just like Harry 
didn't want to keep forcing the cave potion down DD's protesting 
throat). That might have been what Snape and DD were arguing about 
in the forest. DD could not just kill himself by jumping off the 
tower without jeopardizing Snape (unbreakable vow to complete 
Malfoy's mission), DD would have needed Snape to murder him to 
effectively protect Malfoy, Harry and Snape himself. 

The morality of 'euthanasia' seems to get a lot of us heated, but we 
should remember that JKR prioritizes good intentions and doing the 
right things above doing things "right" in the HP series. Whether we 
like or agree with that or not doesn't have any say on JKR's 
writing. Harry had to break rules a lot to do much of the good he 
did (sneaking out to see distressed Hagrid, sneaking out to save the 
philosopher's stone, etc.), but he still shows time and time again 
that he respects the rules (refused help from Bagman during the 
Triwizard Tournament, accepted his and Ron's punishment while asking 
McGonagal to not take points from the house in CoS, reminded Fudge 
that he warranted punishment for using magic in PoA, etc). 

I think if anything JKR is more mindful that rules and laws are set 
in the community's effort to protect its members. When a situation 
arises that the existing laws did not anticipate then it is right to 
break them if that is the only way to protect others. It doesn't 
seem right to judge the 'morality' of a novel (which is not trying 
to do anything more than simply telling a story) by a reader's own 
moral standard. 


CH3ed, whose unrighteousness is confirmed by his exasperated 
colleague this morning upon finding all but 2 of his classroom 
chaulks unusable. ;O)