Lupin and Snape WAS: Re: Hagrid and Snape:

[lanval1015]

No: HPFGUIDX 152805

> > Sue here:
> > 
> > Whoever we "blame" here - and I'm a Snape fan, I should add, 
though 
> I wouldn't want him  for my science teacher in real life! - I 
suggest that 
> his behaviour in letting the kids know was unprofessional. 
> 
> Pippin:
> It wouldn't be unprofessional if Lupin wasn't a teacher any longer.
> Lupin "[r]esigned firs' thing this mornin'." Snape made his 
announcement
> at breakfast. 
> 
Lanval:
Excellent! Because that throws the argument "Snape was deeply 
concerned about the students's safety, therefore he saw no other way 
but to let Lupin's secret slip at the breakfast table" right out the 
window.

We are left, then, with the conclusion that Snape outing Lupin, 
knowing that he had already resigned, was nothing but pure malice. 



Pippin:
> The chronology is unstated, nevertheless it couldn't be 'first 
thing in
> the morning'  if  Lupin had waited until he heard the gossip
> before resigning. He doesn't say that the gossip persuaded him.
> He says the reverse, that after what happened last night, he saw the
> point of people who wouldn't want him teaching their children, 
> though the owls won't start arriving till tomorrow.


Lanval:
Right, and I'm inclined to believe Lupin. This would also put a stop 
to an argument I recall coming across before, that Lupin wasn't 
contrite about what happened, that he was reluctant to accept 
responsibility, and would never have resigned, had Snape not taken 
righteous action...