Snape getting off scott freeWAS: Re: Harry Forgiving Snape

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Steve/bboyminn:
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> However, if Snape lives, I don't see him getting off
> scott free. He did what he did, and I feel he must pay
> a price for it, probably Azkaban, but I think that
> price will be tempered and moderated with some 
> understanding.
>

Alla:

Oh, but why don't you see that if you argue that Snape and Dumbledore 
had a plan? ( I know you argue that it was not an exact plan, but 
emergency plan nevertheless, right? I hope I did not confuse your 
position with anybody :))

I mean, if Snape killed Dumbledore **on Dumbledore's orders**, isn't 
that not Snape's fault? Isn't it all Dumbledore's fault? How dare he 
force Snape to kill him?

Isn't Dumbledore the one who should be blamed in this situation? :)

Shouldn't Snape indeed be given Order of Merlin and deep thanks for 
his services? ;) I mean, I am sort of joking but not quite.

I mean, do not get me wrong, I am hoping and keeping my fingers 
crossed that Snape will pay for this and all his other deeds, but my 
ideas of what happened do not include anyone but Snape making that 
choice to kill Dumbledore ( I mean obviously Voldemort is involved 
somehow, but nobody else). Snape did the deed, Snape pays the 
consequences.

Otherwise it seems to me that Dumbledore should go to Azkaban, not 
Snape who after all was only following Dumbledore's orders.

JMO,

Alla