Nice vs. Good, honesty, and Snape:

[nrenka]

No: HPFGUIDX 152883

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

> Leslie41:
> But of course that "invincible belief" is correct in this case, is 
> it not?  Cite somewhere he has a hissy fit where he's NOT correct.

Excuse me?  

Hermione raises the objection that hey, maybe Sirius Black isn't 
actually the murderer responsible for the Potters' deaths and all of 
that, and that it might be worth listening to his story.  Snape screams 
at her and refuses to listen.  When she brings up this potential again 
in the Hospital Wing, he tells her to 'shut up, you silly girl'.

One of the things that makes the entire scene work, both in the Shack 
and in the Hospital Wing, is that we (and Hermione) *actually* know 
more than Snape does, and he's thus responsible for making himself look 
like an ass (see comments to Fudge and subsequent fit of spitting rage).

So unless I am really, really missing something...

-Nora loves the late evening sun