Draco is quite the wizard

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 160739

> Alla:
> 
> Um, we do not know that this was not a favor to Draco, for all I 
> know he absolutely did not plan to ignore that incident but on the 
> off topic chance that Dumbledore will see this incident in Snape's 
> head, Snape needed a **reason** to account for punishing Harry and 
> not punishing Draco, so smart man that he is, since Harry is 
> completely innocent in the incident, he decides to bait him ( and 
> what is better way to do so than insult Hermione?) and vo ala, of 
> course Harry gets upset, who would not? IMO of course.
> 
> Alla, who thinks that Snape's special reasons are his hatred of 
> Harry,who is his father's son,nothing more.
>
zgirnius:
Whic is why in my first post, I stated the assertion that this incident 
is an example of favoring Draco is 'debatable'.
For al you know, you are right. For all I know, you are wrong. The 
scene is open to more than one interpretation, because we have, as 
always, no reliable information on what Snape is thinking.