An (interesting ?) parallel

[dumbledore11214]

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Irene Mikhlin <irene_mikhlin at b...> wrote:
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> The interesting thing for me is that many people here
> argue that even if in book 6 he was acting upon some
> plan of Dumbledore, he is still evil beyond redemption
> and forgiveness, because he'd delivered Potters to
> Voldemort.
> That's the point I'd like to discuss, and that's the
> point which has a possible parallel in "Chronicles of
> Narnia". In there, Edmund delivers his own sisters and
> brother to the White Witch. Who wants to kill them
> because of a prophecy saying they can defeat her.
> Not some anonymous people, not his childhood enemy,
> his own brother and sisters.
> If we judge him by the same moral law people here seem
> to judge Snape, then Aslan should've killed the little
> bastard on the spot, never mind dying for him.


Alla:

OK, here is the way I view it. Never managed to make myself like 
Narnia, by the way. Way too  many direct allegories for my taste. :-)

Anyways, I read it quite some time ago,so could be wrong, but 
haven't we actually SAW Edmund expressing remorse to his sisters     
and brother?


See, so many people insist  that Harry should apologise to Snape for 
looking into pensieve. What do you think - does Snape owe Harry a 
BIG apology for being complicit in his parents death?

May have made all the difference for me. :-)

Let's say for the sake of argument I agree with you - Snape 
genuinely turned to Dumbledore, right?

SO,  he decided to behave as decent person. Wouldn't that assume 
that after helping delivering Potters to Voldemort, he OWES Harry 
and (maybe many nameless people, whom he hurt as DE, but we only 
talking about Harry now)a debt of such EPIC proportions, that he 
would never repay it?


Right, so what makes me disgusted is the way Snape supposedly pays 
this debt ( that is of course if he IS DD man).

I don't think that if he was watching over Harry, he behaved like a 
hero, I think he did what any half-decent person is supposed to do, 
morally obligated to do, etc.

Mind you, I do NOT suggest that Snape grovel at Harry's feet, not at 
all, I am only suggesting Snape .... gasp.... I don't know ... 
ignored Harry more.


I don't think he had any moral ground, ANY high ground in fact to 
demand respect from Harry, I don't think  he had any ground to 
belittle James in front of Harry.

Whatever sins James committed to Snape, and I am not quite sure  
whether they WERE that numerous and  that serious, Snape  helped  
James to die.

That in my mind forecloses any right Snape may have had to talk 
about James, and of course as far as I am concerned Snape never had 
a right to treat Harry the way he does.

But knowing how much misery Snape cost Harry, it makes his attitude 
( IMO only of course) ten times more despicable.


Right, so to some up, I don't think that Snape should be denied 
religious forgiveness, if he is genuinely sorry, but  the way he 
behaves towards Harry makes me doubt that he is sorry indeed.


JMO,

Alla