Nice vs. Good - Compassion

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 153121

> Lanval:
<SNIP>
> Btw, how do you (and others who believe that Snape lives by the 
code 
> of Must-Keep-Harry-Safe) deal with the fact that both in CoS and 
PoA 
> he tries to have Harry expelled? How's that for the future of the 
> WW, to kick the Chosen One out into the world without a magical 
> education?

Alla:

Hehe. I know the answer. Don't you get it, he was just pretending. 
You know, messing with Harry's mind. He does not really want him 
expelled. He just complains to DD all the time. :)


> Lanval:
> Certainly. I don't think he meant to take Sirius and Lupin 
straight 
> to the dementors. He needed to do it legally.  And he knew that 
once 
> he brought him back to the castle to hand him over to Fudge, the 
> dementors would be called.
> 
> Scholastic Hb Ed, p.416:
> 
> "'...only hope Dumbledore's not going to make difficulties,' Snape 
> was saying. 'The Kiss will be performed immediately?'"
> 
> Nice.
>

Alla:

Yes, and in light of what you said in part that I snipped ( I also 
don't remember open season on Sirius).

Let's go into speculation land:
 IF Snape killed SIrius on site, unless he had a permission from the 
ministry, Wizengamot would have opened investigation about the use 
of Unforgivable, since people do go to Azkaban for using those. And 
the only time I remember those being authorized were by Crouch Sr. 
to aurors.

Am I missing something? Now, Snape would have of course pleaded a 
self-defense or a defense of killing dangerous criminal, but I 
certainly doubt that he wanted to risk any kind of investigation AT 
ALL.

Because,you know, his wand would have been checked, no? Who knows 
which curses were performed with it?

I totally think that Snape would have much preferred Sirius to be 
killed legally, but also don't think that it shows Snape kindness ar 
all.

Alla.