Lupin and Snape WAS: Re: Hagrid and Snape:

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 152789

 Pippin wrote:
>>>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 replied:
>>I am ONLY talking about Snape's actions here and I do disagree.
[snip]
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.<<

HunterGreen:
What punishment would be adequate for the crime? We aren't talking 
about Draco getting attacked by Buckbeak, a snake appearing in the 
middle of the dueling club, or even Lockhart accidentally removing 
all the bones from Harry's arm. This wasn't an 'accident' or a simple 
mistake. Lupin put Harry, Ron, Hermione (and Snape himself) in 
extreme danger as a result of his *negligence* (in addition, Snape 
may have been able to remind him of the full moon or be more apt to 
protect himself/the kids had they not chosen to keep him out when 
they left the shack). Lupin's condition is both contagious and 
extremely dangerous. Parent's fears about a werewolf teacher are 
somewhat valid, or they are because of Lupin's actions *making* them 
valid.

I will agree with you that Snape "outing" him was most likely based 
more on anger than anything else, but does it really matter what his 
motivation was? Snape kept it quiet until Lupin did something 
irresponsible (he even stayed quiet about it way back when he was a 
teenager, which must have taken a miracle). At that point, if Lupin 
did not quit on his own or get fired, Snape *would* have a 
responsibilty (in some sense) to take matters into his own hands. All 
it takes is *one time* for Lupin to infect or kill a student, and he 
didn't even make it a whole school-year without forgetting the 
potion. If it could happen once, it could happen twice, and that time 
Sirius may not be on hand to hold Werewolf!Lupin off.


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

HunterGreen:
In either of those parties helped the legislation, it was Lupin 
himself. By forgetting his potion and running loose in the forest (an 
action which allowed Peter to escape as well), he became an example 
of what can happen if someone hires a werewolf.


-HunterGreen/Rebecca (who now wonders why they didn't just stupify 
Peter rather than shackling him)