Terminal Stupidity of Snapey-Poo (was Re: Nice vs. Good - Compassion)b

[leslie41]

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> > > Leslie41:
> > > Again, you are free to think what you like.  Your opinion is 
> > > not logical or supportable, but no one is going to force you to
> > > abandon it.
> 

> Lupinlore:
> Oh, I don't know about that at all - the supportable part.  Let's
> take for instance the idea that Snapey-poo is DDM!  Well, he's
> managed to get himself into quite a bind, hasn't he?  If he wants
> to prove his loyalty to the one person who matters, i.e. Harry, 
> then he's up the proverbial creek o' excrement.  For that matter, 
> it seems hardly likely that anyone will listen to him in the face 
> of Harry's eye-witness testimony.  So even to get, say Lupin, to 
> listen he probably would have to convince Harry first.

Leslie41:
But you see, if Snape is DDM, his first concern is not proving his 
innocence.  His first concern is defeating Voldemort, and if he had 
to, he'd die to accomplish that.

> Lupinlore: 
> Even leaving aside that he wants to contact the Order and argue for
> his innocence, or at least his following DD's orders, suppose he
> wants to cooperate and coordinate efforts with Harry to bring down
> Voldemort.  Once again, he's up Excrement Creek.

Leslie41:
He's accomplished quite a lot, if he's DDM. For one, he's secured 
his place as Voldemort's most trusted advisor, and is thus in a 
position to be of more use to the order than ever.  If he is DDM, 
that will be made evident in Book VII via any number of ways.  
Something like a Shrieking Shack scene, perhaps, or the revelation 
of Snape's patronus, etc.  I don't know how, but I'm looking forward 
to seeing it.

In addition, he also saw to it that Draco, who surely would have 
been killed had Snape not killed Dumbledore, was spared from 
Voldemort's wrath.
 
> Lupinlore:
> And who does he have to thank for this?  Who does he have to thank
> for the speed with which everyone turns on him?  Who does he have
> to thank for the jeers of derision that would likely greet any
> protests on his part of working according to DD's plan?  

> Why, Snapey- poo can only thank ... Snapey-poo!  

Leslie41:
But you yourself have just described an act of great nobility. He is 
willing to bear the scorn of the wizarding world to accomplish 
Dumbledore's goals, and the defeat of Voldemort.  Again, not to 
mention the sparing of the life of Draco Malfoy, who thinks that 
Snape just wants part of his glory.

There's a word to describe the kind of person who is brave enough to 
to bear the scorn of others to accomplish a noble goal. 

That word is "good."