Dumbledore's pleading

[Nicolau C. Saldanha]

No: HPFGUIDX 141472

> >Alla:
> > <snip> DD sacrificing himself for kids is perfectly IC for 
> > DD as I read him, Dumbledore sacrificing Snape is something
> > I cannot see no matter how hard I try (that killing hurts 
> > the soul stops me).

> Renee:
> But Alla, can't you envisage a situation where the soul is hurt 
> anyway, whatever happens? If Snape doesn't fulfil the UV and the 
> result is that Draco is killed by the DEs or Voldemort, do you 
> think he'd arrive in the hereafter with an unscathed soul, just 
> because he hasn't actively killed? He'll have failed, even 
> betrayed Narcissa and Draco (and I won't buy the argument that 
> this doesn't matter because they're DEs), and Draco's death will 
> hurt his soul no less than Dumbledore's, because this death can 
> be laid at his door. (Not to mention that Harry might die, too.)
> 
> Snape's soul is tainted whatever he does or omits. And if 
> Dumbledore is aware of the UV, he knows this. So he tries to 
> limit the damage to other people than Snape. 


I agree with Renee that the sitation was such that if Snape decided 
to kill DD in order to save Draco, Harry, himself and remove the DEs 
from Hogwarts before someone else is killed, I for one would not 
find him guilty of murder, I would say that he had to take a quick 
decision in a situation of great stress and that his choice may have 
been the lesser evil. However, I agree with Alla: I can not see DD 
pleading for Snape to follow this path, especially given the 
"killing hurts the soul" theory. I can believe that DD would 
understand and forgive, yes, but not plead. JMO, of course.

Nicolau