Snape - a werewolf bigot?? Was: Say it isn't so Lupin!!!

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No: HPFGUIDX 170202

> wynnleaf:
> <SNIP>
> 
> > *Or* you may also be saying that the word "mudblood" is so 
> > incredibly bad, that it is in fact *impossible* to use the word 
> > without having a huge bias against, or despising muggleborns.  
> There 
> > is no proof of this in canon.  Because we see 5 characters using 
> > that word who we otherwise know to despise muggleborns, does not 
> > therefore mean that *any* other character who uses that word, 
> > regardless of the circumstances, is therefore *bound* to have the 
> > same beliefs as the other 5 characters.
> 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> It is simple, really. I think that canon is clear on how horrible 
the 
> word mudblood is. So, to me everybody who uses it believes of what 
> this word stands for. I do not know how else explain my position, 
> truly.


Alla:

I guess we disagree that the word in itself can be the 
personification  of person's beliefs. I think "mudblood" stands as 
metaphor of person's beliefs, not just a word. It is of course my 
opinion.

Alla