Who was responsible for Sirius' death?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 167354

---  "katmandu_85219" <katmandu2007 at ...> wrote:
>
> I was reading the prank topic, and someone stated 
> that Snape was responsible for Sirius' death.  That 
> started me to think. Why would Snape be responsible 
> for his death?  ...
> 
> katmandu_85219
>

bboyminn:

Here's the thing, Harry blames Snape for Sirius's death,
but that is partly to deflect his own feelings of 
responsibility onto someone else. 

That is understandable, but I think Harry it taking
too much guilt onto himself. Yes, we can say if Harry
hadn't been so foolish, Sirius would still be alive.
But we can also say that if Dumbledore had kept Harry
more informed, Sirius would still be alive. We can 
also say that if Sirius had been paying attention 
instead of gloating and bragging, he would still be
alive. We can say if Dumbledore has wasted less time
questioning Kreacher, he would have arrived sooner and
could have saved Sirius. So, there are lots of people
we can blame for this event. 

Just as you can say that if you son hadn't delayed you 
leaving the house (hypothetical), you wouldn't have 
gotten into that car accident. But that is all random 
chance. The truth  is, if the other driver hadn't 
smashed into you, you wouldn't have had the accident.
And in our case here, if Bellatrix hadn't been such
an evil old hag and hadn't cast a curse against her 
own cousin thereby knocking him behind the Veil, he
would still be alive.

Let's place the blame squarely where it truly belongs.
Bellatrix acted with full conscious willful and malicious
intent. The other people who we can put some secondary 
blame on, are really just people involved in the random
sequence of events that occur in our lives everyday.

So, Harry blames Snape, but that is to displace his
own sense of guilt, but I don't think Harry has any
reason to feel guilty. He did what he thought was 
right based on the information he had. If he starts
to second guess everything he does, he's going to
be powerless to act. I think Harry will come to, and
is coming to, realize this. He did what he felt he
had to do, based on what he knew, everything else was
just random chance.

No, the only real blame falls squarely on the 
shoulders of the person causing the death, and
that is Bellatrix.

Just passing it along.

Steve/bboyminn