VA/H=Mx13+RP? (was: Was the eavesdropper unimportant to Harry?)

[juli17ptf]

No: HPFGUIDX 147107

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinlore" <rdoliver30 at y...> 
wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "juli17ptf" <juli17 at a...> 
> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > As for Snape's methodical verbal/emotional abuse of Harry, again
> > are you saying that his abuse of Harry is EQUAL to Peter's murder
> > of Cedric, murder of 12 other innocent people and very willing
> > resurrection of a psychopath? VA/H=Mx13+RP? (Where VA=verbal 
abuse,
> > H=Harry, M=murder, RP=resurrected psychopath). 
> > 
> 
> Absolutely and totally yes.  In that neither of them can be 
defended 
> and neither of them, given a universe that functions on at least 
> rough karmic laws (and yes, we aren't totally sure about the 
> Potterverse yet) can escape severe punishment for their 
> reprehensible and unforgivable actions.  Oh, you forgot a factor, 
> which is the time scale of Snape's constant and methodical abuse.  
> Let's see, given that each of Wormtail's actions take about ten 
> seconds, and Snape abuses Harry for at least three periods a week, 
> and adding detentions, that would give Snape's actions a weight of -
-
> - hmmm, carry the one --- 748,800.  So the real equation would be:
> (VA/H)(748,800) = or > 13M+RP.
> 
> 
> Lupinlore
>

Julie:
Fair enough, if that's your opinion. I guess my bottom line 
is that murder is a much greater crime than verbal abuse. 
Comparing Cedric and Harry, Cedric is dead. His life is
over. He will never laugh or cry, have a thought or a 
feeling, see a sunset or hug a friend (etc, etc) again. 
Harry meanwhile suffers some anger, humiliation, and very
little long-term effect from Snape's nastiness, other than
perhaps a disinterest in Potions and an unpleasant memory
of a hated teacher which he isn't likely to revisit often.
Meanwhile, all things being equal, Harry would go on to
live a largely satisfying life, with joys and tears, and
love and heartbreak. Something Cedric will never have.

Really, can anyone say Harry's limited suffering from Snape's 
nastiness even remotely compares with Cedric suffering a
lifetime taken away from him? Snape's actions may take place
over years, and Wormtail's may have been a single act, but
that act is like comparing dozens of stinkbombs to a nuclear
explosion. 

And that's not to say that Snape isn't bad when he's treating
Harry so cruelly. But the murderer Wormtail is BADDER, with 
capital letters. Betcha Cedric's parents think so too. (And
that might sound flippant, but living through the murder of
your child is so beyond dealing with a mean, abusive teacher
that it's almost a joke to equate the two in any way.)

Anyway, that's how I base my judgment. And while Snape may be
karmically punished for his meanness to Harry, it will be a
much lesser punishment than Wormtail would receive for his
string of deliberate murders (and direct accessory to murders).



Julie