Lupin and Snape WAS: Re: Hagrid and Snape:

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> Pippin:
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> Rowling did not say that Snape was to blame for exposing Lupin as 
a werewolf. 
> IMO, blaming Snape is blaming the messenger. Lupin's own actions 
> made his exposure inevitable. Lupin recognized that when he 
offered his 
> resignation and again when he told Harry that it would have come 
out anyway.


Alla:

I am ONLY talking about Snape's actions here and I do disagree. I 
think the tone of her answer can not be more clear. She does not say 
that his forgetfullness to drink the potion brought the end to his 
teaching career. She says "His exposure as 
werewolf brought irreparable damage to his career in teaching". I'd 
say this is a very negative evaluation of such action, Pippin. But 
this is just me of course.

What Lupin realised or did not realise IMO has absolutely nothing to 
do with what Snape did. I find Snape's actions to be disgusting, 
regardless of what Lupin responsibility is and as I said, I of 
course do not dispute that Lupin made a mistake, but the punishment 
Snape chose for him number one has far exceeds the crime IMO and 
number two was not Snape's business to begin with.

But I am of course talking from the position of someone who 
does not think that Lupin is evil servant of lord Voldemort in deep 
disguise. :)


Pippin: 
> How  could Lupin guarantee that it would never happen again except
> by resigning? If *your*  carelessness on the job exposed three 
children to
> a life-threatening disease, would you think you deserved to stay 
on? 
> Knowing that  absolutely nothing could be done to  make amends if
> you weren't so lucky next time?

Alla:

I am NOT looking at Lupin's mindset, I am sure poor man was ready to 
resign the moment he realised what happened.

I am just thorougly disgusted by Snape who in my book had the only 
thing on his mind - revenge.

Oh, and of course I wonder how much Lupin's exposure by Snape helped 
Umbridge to get through her antiwerewolfes legislation.

JMO,

Alla, who won't be surprised if it turns out that Snape planned to 
kill Lupin during the Prank night AT ALL.