[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape, a Deatheater.

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 164049

Pippin:
>Dumbledore has two alternatives if he doesn't want to let Voldemort
>murder him. He can die from some other cause, or he can fake his death.
>Naturally Dumbledore would prefer the second. Having decided to
>fake his death, would he enlist Snape as his supposed murderer? 

Bart:
I believe that this has been pointed out before, but here it is anyway: IF (as many here believe), Dumbledore was dying from whatever was caused his arm to mostly die, and (as many here also believe) it is Snape's magic that is keeping him alive, then I can see at least a couple of ways out of the UV without having to resort to additional magic:

1) It would not be out of line to assume that Snape worked with Dumbledore to destroy the ring Horcrux. If so, then he can be considered, although there was certainly no intent and almost certainly no carelessness, that Snape had a hand in killing Dumbledore. It would be a fair assumption that there is no harm for taking an UV to do something that one has already done.

2) Eventually, Snape would have to lift the life support. Therefore, if nobody else kills Dumbledore, Snape will. 

Bart