Is Harry an idiot because he thinks Snape is guilty? Was: Why wizards are

[lebeto033]

No: HPFGUIDX 140574

> Pippin:
> How do you think Harry is going to feel if he manages to get
> Snape killed or punished, (or thinks he has) and then finds 
> out that events on the tower were not what they seemed to be.  
> Do you think he's *not* going to ask himself why he didn't 
> notice the conflicting evidence before? Do you think he'd be 
> proud of himself if he realized he had let his hatred run away 
> with him?
> 
> If he's going to be an Auror, I certainly hope he is not going 
> to make a habit of disregarding evidence just because it doesn't 
> fit with his theory of the crime!  


lebeto:

I just can't see any evidence that points towards anything other 
than Snape killing Dumbledore.  Sure, evidence can be brought into 
light at some later point but a telepathic conversation is possible 
but it's only conjecture.  The only concrete evidence is the fact 
that Dumbledore pleaded with Snape...either to not kill him or to 
perhaps kill him and continue their brilliant triple-agent ploy... 
Snape used the AK on Dumbledore.  That's it, and if Harry had to 
wipe blood off a body I'm gonna assume that a fall from the 
Astronomy Tower is not gonna be clean.  Yes, it might turn out that 
Snape didn't kill him but all the concrete evidence points to Snape 
killing Dumbledore. 

Frankly, I would be more worried about an Auror who watches an AK
happen and concocts a story about a silent conversation and a
conspiracy rather than a straightforward murder.  Until new 
evidence is brought forth, Harry is absolutely correct in assuming 
that Snape killed Dumbledore.

lebeto