Defense of Snape in POA. Was:Re: Snape, Apologies, and Redemption

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 152792

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "leslie41" <leslie41 at ...> wrote:

> Leslie41:  
> "Keeping the plot interesting" does not constitute a defense of the 
> character's actions morally.  It's a cop out.
> 

EXACTLY!  Which is precisely, IMO, why Dumbledore's reprehensible 
failure to intervene at the Dursleys or to prevent Snape's abuse of 
Harry cannot be excused on those grounds -- which it often is.  "If DD 
had restrained the Dursleys the story would be boring."  "If DD had 
restrained Snape the story would be boring."  Nonsense!  Such an 
excuse is only a cop out, and in no way gets the "epitome of goodness" 
out of the hot water his manifold sins of omission have landed him in.


Lupinlore