Trial of Severus Snape - WAS Re: Harry IS Snape.

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 141303


> Carol wrote:
> > Even if killing him [Dumbledore] was 
> > the only way to save Draco and Harry
> > and get the Death Eaters out of the school?

 
>eggplant replied:
> <snip> if I had to decide between letting Draco die and murdering 
> Dumbledore it's a no brainer. Goodbye Draco.

Valky now:
Heavens eggplant! O_o 
Alright if that is your opinion, then it's your opinion. But how could
Dumbledore share that with you? I mean, that could *never* be what
Dumbledore will have wanted. DD is, what, 150 years old? or more? and
Draco is a child, and a child who was a bees thingy from redemption to
boot!  Honestly, IMO, a Dumbledore that would allow Draco to die in
his place, wouldn't be Dumbledore at all.

So as it regards to Snape, giving Draco a second chance at life is
neither here nor there for Snape, IMO. If he was DD's man then it
would work, and if he wasn't, it still works. 


> Carol:
> > If Snape had died (killed by the UV
> > or the Death Eaters

> eggplant:
> Snape demonstrated that he was far more powerful than any of the 
> other Death Eaters who seemed quite terrified of him, 

Valky:
Hmmm I don't 100% agree there. On the one hand, I have a stubborn
feeling that Snape is incredibly skilled and dangerous, but on the
other, I don't really read that in the Tower scene. It honestly looked
to me as though Snapes Ace Card with the DE's was his rank with
Voldemort. He influenced them mostly with reminders of the Dark Lord's
orders, IIRC.

 
eggplant:
> I think Snape would
> have had a good chance of killing them all especially as he had the
> element of surprise on his side, but he never tried, he decided to
> murder Dumbledore instead.

Valky:
I agree that he had the surprise element on his side, and he could
choose for himself to use it to his advantage. But as for 'he never
tried', we cannot establish that so easily.

Currently there is discussion of how Snape would be tried as a person
in a civilian court, but this doesn't seem entirely appropriate to me.
The WW is in a state of open warfare and Snape is a soldier. Hence he
would never be tried in a civilians criminal court he would be tried
in a military court of inquiry. 

Moreover, Snape is not first considered self-autonomous on the
battlefield, he is a soldier, not a captain. Dumbledore *is* a
captain, and on the field of battle such as this shouldn't the captain
be tried along with his soldier. It needs to be established whether
Snape was following orders first, right?

Valky