A Cold Equation (was Re: The Trial Of Severus Snape)

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 141391

> Sherry
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> 
> Sorry, i thought I made it clear. no. i do not forgive Snape.  i do 
not
> believe the so called greater good demands killing Dumbledore.  
It's just
> not the way I think.  Sorry, but Snape firmly with Voldemort, Draco 
saved
> from his own idiocy and all the rest, does not justify Dumbledore 
being
> killed.  I just can't express it strongly enough.  
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I'll have to solidly agree with Sherry, here.  If Snape did indeed 
cast an AK that did indeed provide the most proximate cause of DD's 
death, there is no way to forgive him or ameliorate his crime.  What 
he thought he was doing is irrelevant, and whether DD was dying from 
something else at the time is irrelevant.

Once again, I'll have to say I've not seen one single shred of 
evidence that indicates this is not, in fact, the case.  The effect 
of Snape's spell is perfectly in keeping with the scope of AKs we 
have seen (considering that Voldy used one that blew up a house), the 
condition of DD's body is perfectly in keeping with having been 
knocked off a tower (in a fantasy novel, in the real world he would 
have been smashed to a pulp) and there is absolutely nothing that is 
in evidence that mitigates against Snape being guilty beyond a 
reasonable doubt.

Sorry, but Snapey boy has done something that he just can't be 
forgiven for.


Lupinlore