Snape and Draco again was I see no difference

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 160868

> SSSusan:
> Rather, in my view, Snape is slimy, greasy [wash that hair! brush 
> those yellow teeth!], cruel & petty & nasty & unfair & small at 
> times, insecure at times, blinded by rage at times, knowledgable 
but 
> a decidedly less-than-perfect teacher, who is also highly talented, 
> intelligent, and dedicated to DD and to ridding the WW of Lord 
> Voldemort.  In my view he has some serious character flaws indeed, 
> but for whatever reason(s), he is working on the side of Right.  

zgirnius:
Since this was posted in response to a thread I started, I would like 
to point out that, in my original post, I listed a truly impressive 
array of characters to whom Snape has been mean in the books, 
Hermione among them. SO I'm not proposing or defending a St. Severus. 
<g>

I'm just no longer so sure he was trying to be insulting, in that 
scene, because the *way* he does seems inconsistent with his usual 
approach.

--zgirnius, who debated including this point in that original post, 
but it was already pretty darned long, mostly becaused there are *so 
many* exmaples of Snape insulting people in the books.