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

[Jazmyn Concolor]

No: HPFGUIDX 170242



Dana wrote:

> 
> 
> Jazmyn:
>  > People with HIV do not turn into man-eating wolves every full moon
>  > who maul and attack people. Comparing HIV to lycanthropy is like
>  > comparing a glass of water (controlled by a glass) to a dam
>  > collapsing (uncontrolled water with the dam (potion) removed). A
>  > crazed wolf moving at supernatural speed through a school full of
>  > children can hardly be considered safe under any circumstances.
>  > One slip-up and the wolvesbane potion taken too late and how many
>  > kids would die or end up as werewolves??? Lupin was just REALLY
>  > lucky noone got hurt, either back when he was a Marauder or later
>  > with Harry and co. It may sound harsh of me, but anyone
>  > with a disease that dangerous should be removed from society to
>  > their own collony.
>  >
>  > Would you allow a man with rabies to teach children? Or Ebola
>  > virus? If you found out your teacher had a dangerous disease, that
>  > could be spread too easily, what would you do? There are just some
>  > things too dangerous to expose people to and sometimes the needs of
>  > the few must be set aside for the needs of the many.
> 
> Dana:
> First of all you should really think again about what you are stating
> about people with dangerous diseases should be removed from society
> to their own colony. That is what people thought about gay people
> when the AIDS virus was rapidly claiming the lives of young man. They
> were shunted out and them being gay what was thought to be the cause
> and it was believed for some reason that G*d punish these people
> their lifestyle until it became a proven fact that this disease was
> not discriminatory at all. People did not want to work with them or
> even be near them.

(snip)

I was referring to being a werewolf on that one, not AIDS!  AIDS can be 
'controlled' to a much higher degree and is not easily spread.  With 
lycanthropy, you miss ONE wolvesbane potion and you are so dangerous to 
society that people have to shoot you with a silver bullet just to put 
you down.  I'm sorry.. if you had a gun and saw a rabid dog charging 
through a school, biting people, you would kill it if you could.

Werewolves should NOT be living and working among normal people.. 
period.. they are simply TOO dangerous.  They try to kill anyone unable 
to escape them, not to mention those who survive an attack end up as 
werewolves themselves.

I never said to put people with AIDS in a colony, do not put words in my 
mouth to justify your position that people who turn into wolves and are 
driven to attack people in that condition can 'live normal lives'.  They 
can't as shown by what happened when Lupin missed just ONE potion.

Are you suggesting that psychotic mass murderers who might miss their 
medication one day would be safe as teachers?

Jazmyn