Snape's Cruelty Has Purpose /Pansy Parkinson

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 150805

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinlore" <rdoliver30 at ...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Deb" <djklaugh@> wrote:
> >
> > Deb here:
> > Snape as Harry, etal's teacher ... and IMO as DDM!Snape ... has 
> > to teach them much much more than just potions. (snip)> >
> 
> 

Lupinlore said:
> If this turns out to be the case, I guess my response would be to 
> paraphrase Sydney who was paraphrasing a very wise and insightful 
> person in saying (not Sydney's opinion) that the child-abuse 
> celebrating books would be worth nothing more than high-priced 
wood chipper fodder.  Sorry, but that's just the way, imo, it is.  
JKR will have failed reprehensibly and revealed, imo, a deep set of 
moral flaws in so doing.


Tonks:
I am inclined to think that one of the many lessons that we will 
learn in the books is that what ever bad things comes our way they 
can be used for good.  It will not be that bad things happen for a 
reason, or that bad things happen to teach us. (You sometimes hear 
people say crap like that, but it is just very bad theology.) I am 
sure that JKR would never imply that in her books. Bad things happen 
to people. As the saying goes "it rains on the just and the unjust 
alike".  What we chose to do in response to the bad events in our 
life will determine the outcome.  It is like LV when he interprets 
the prophesy. Or as some might say "you can curse the darkness or 
light a candle".  When life gives you a lemon, make lemonade", etc.  

What I am saying is that Snape is the person that he is and the 
Dursley's are like they are. Harry has had a hard time of it because 
of both of them. DD did not set it up that way, he did the best he 
could under the situation. (Lets not get into the arguement about 
that.) Life is not a bed of roses for anyone of us. There is no 
grand plan to mess up our life to teach us, things just happens 
because of the fallen nature of man. However, sometimes we can use 
the negative events of our life to make us better and stronger 
people if we choose to do so. It is a small distinction but an 
important one.

Tonks_op