Identifying Enemies (was:Bullying WAS: Re: Prodigal Sons)

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 141050

>Betsy wrote:
So no, it's not readily apparent to me that Snape has Death Eater
tendencies. JKR hasn't made much effort to display any that I've
seen. (Not in the books I've been reading, anyway. 

vmonte:
Except for the fact that Snape WAS a Death Eater, right? So the fact 
that you fail to see DE like tendencies in Snape is irrelevant. Just 
because you don't see it doesn't mean that the signs are not there. 

 
>vmonte:
LOL! So Snape's not a bully huh? Not even to the children he
teaches at Hogwarts? Oh, that's right, JKR is wrong about what the 
word sadistic means.

>Magda wrote:
This is typical of the way Vivian and Alla argue: the context of the
original posts was Snape's alleged bullying when he was a teenage
student at Hogwarts. Having made a number of claims - which I
addressed - they then shift position and talk about Snape's actions
as an adult teacher.

Pardon me if I consider this something less than persuasive rebuttal.

vmonte again:
But your claims make no sense. Snape continues to behave in an 
inappropriately sadistic manner. It's this consistency to behave 
badly that I'm referring to. Snape is a seriously flawed (nasty) 
character, who behaves like a child instead of a grown man. 

And he gets off on the pain of others--he's pathetic. 

So, pardon me if your comments do not hold any validity for me.

Vivian