Hagrid and Snape: Was Snape, Apologies, and Redemption

[lupinlore]

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Leslie41:
> Nope.  Not fair.  And highly inappropriate.  And dangerous.  And 
> stupid.  And a whole lot of other things.


Depends, I suppose, on whether you're willing to take people as they 
are or whether you try to hold things up to some kind of abstract 
standard.  The fact is, IMO, people just aren't going to give mean 
people a break.  And it is not appropriate that mean people be given 
a break.  They have simply forfeited all claim to such things 
through their behavior.  And that's perfectly fair that things be 
that way.  There is a tendency for things to balance out in the 
great scheme of things, and the harshness with which mean people are 
judged is what they are due.

Niceness, on the other hand, does get its reward in the great 
balance wheel of things.  And getting passes is part of it.  So yes, 
Hagrid gets a pass for his poor teaching.  And Lupin gets a pass for 
his problems.  Snape, on the other hand, most certainly does NOT get 
a pass for his abusive methods, no matter how effective they might 
be.  That's just the way the world is.  And, in the great scheme of 
things, it is perfectly fair and appropriate that it be so.


Lupinlore