Nice vs. Good, honesty, and Snape/Book 7 predictions and Harry's fate

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 152984

Leslie:
> > So, in what universe should Snape, or anyone else be expected to 
> > hear Black out after that or give him a "second chance"?  
> <SNIP>
> 
> Alla:
> 
> In the same universe where thirteen year old boy, who is completely 
> sure that Black killed his parents decides to hear him out.

Pippin:
That would be the same universe where Snape turns Sirius over to
Dumbledore, not Fudge or the dementors, to let Dumbledore, not
Snape, or Fudge or the dementors, decide what to do with him. 
Snape very humanly hopes that Dumbledore will take his side.
Nonetheless he puts the matter in Dumbledore's hands to be 
decided, not in his own, and not in the hands of three thirteen
year old kids.  

It is bad enough that Harry takes it on his conscience that Pettigrew
escaped. How do you think Harry would feel if he'd believed Black 
and turned out to  be wrong about him? Assuming that he even 
escaped with his life, that is.

 > 
> > > Alla:
> > > 
> > > Black just escaped from hell after being there for twelve years. 
> > > I'd say he has a very good excuse of being not completely sane 
> > > here.

Pippin:
Snape went through seven years of  inhumane treatment from the 
Marauders. He's not objective about them. He knows he's not. He isn't 
the right person to judge whether Sirius is telling the truth. I don't 
see how he can be faulted for taking himself off the case, as it were.

Sirius is presumed guilty by the entire WW including Dumbledore.
No one would have faulted Snape if he had turned Sirius over to the
dementors, or even 'killed him while he was trying to escape.'
He'd have gotten his Order of Merlin either way.

I won't argue for compassionate Snape. But I will argue for moral
Snape, who thinks that this is a matter for Dumbledore. I can't see
that McGonagall or Flitwick would have thought differently, though
they probably would have tried to explain that instead of making 
threats. 

Pippin