DDM!Snape & the UV

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 149830

juli17 at ... wrote:

> that of choosing a lesser evil.
> There was no possible  *good* outcome.
> Someone--or someones--was going to die

Murdering the most powerful and kindest wizard on the good guys side
is not less evil than killing 4 homicidal Death Eaters.

> fighting off the effects of the UV
> which are presumably trying  to make
> him drop dead. 

There is quite simply no way, absolutely no way, you can use that vow
to excuse Snape's actions that horrible night in the tower! Snape is
the one who decided to make a vow to become a traitor.

> Can he succeed? There is no definitive answer

That's true, one can never be certain of the results of ones actions.
Certainly attacking the Death Eaters would have been more dangerous
than murdering Dumbledore, but he had a decent chance of success.

By the way I notice nobody tackled my question, "did Dumbledore know
about the vow?". I don't blame you, if I was a Snape lover I wouldn't
want to tackle it either; one answer makes Snape look evil, the
opposite answer makes Dumbledore look like an imbecile.

> Draco who is a student, thus someone Dumbledore
> and perhaps Snape--believes must be protected 
> at all costs 

My father invented a phrase I quite like, "nasty nice", I can't think
of a better example of it than an effete Dumbledore who would risk his
life, and the life of millions of other people around the world, and
the very future of civilization itself to protect a piece of stinking
excrement like Draco Malfoy. That my friend is nasty nice.

> Dumbledore wouldn't be selfish. He doesn't
> fear death; he sees it  as the next great
> adventure. And he has lived a long and 
> useful life, so why wouldn't he want his
> death to be equally useful? 

Dumbledore doesn't enter into it, I was discussing Snap's virtue (or
lack thereof) not Dumbledore's. Snape had a choice, he could pick the
easy path and murder Dumbledore or he could pick the right path and
attack the Death eaters. He went down the easy path.

Eggplant