Snape, Apologies, and Redemption--Lupin vs. DD

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 152513

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "leslie41" <leslie41 at ...> 
wrote:
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> Leslie41:
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> Again, fallacious reasoning.  Just because someone does not put a 
> stop to something, that doesn't mean they APPROVE of it. 

Of course it does, IMO.  Or, at the very least, it provides 
presumptive evidence that they approve.  And until JKR specifically 
tells us otherwise, I say that the evidence against DD is pretty 
solid in this regard.  Indeed, the little indication she has given 
us makes things look much, much worse for the "epitome of goodness," 
not better.

   

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> Leslie41:
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> And I would say when we judge his teaching style, we should 
consider 
> the fact that Snape's students learn an awful lot as a result of 
his 
> nastiness.
> 

Which is, once again IMO, absolutely and totally irrelevent.  The 
ends do not justify the means, particularly with regard to the abuse 
of children.  If JKR tries to pull the "it was okay because they 
learn important lessons" card, I would say she has failed utterly 
and reprehensibly, as DD has failed utterly and reprehensibly, by 
approving of the abuse of children.


Lupinlore