Werewolves and RL equivalents

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 170442

Magpie:
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> It just seems to totally go against everything I know about 
Dumbledore that
> he would be influenced by anyone when it came to who worked at his 
school.
> Snape could have shouted from the rooftops that Lupin was a 
werewolf and I
> think it would have made Dumbledore all the more determined to 
keep him
> just for that reason. No way Snape is in charge of what teachers 
stay or
> go. If he was forced to let someone go I think we'd see him being 
forced.


Alla:

Of course Snape is not in charge whether teachers stay or go, but 
public opinion often is IMO. And no, I do not think Lupin was forced 
to resign in a sense that he was so overwhelmed with guilt that he 
decided to do that. But what I am saying is that it was not Snape 
business to say anything, at all, IMO.


Magpie:
> I'm not excusing Snape for outing him for revenge, but it seems 
like
> Dumbledore was, in this case, not stepping up for Lupin in ways 
that he
> would have for another teacher.
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Alla:

And I am saying that Dumbledore may not have had a choice indeed. Do 
you really think for example that if somebody just let it slip that 
Snape is a DE, that Dumbledore would have had **any** choice as to 
keeping him in? Something tells me that press would have been really 
loud and Dumbledore's career as a Headmaster may have come to an 
end. Just speculating of course.

> Magpie:
> Oh, I wouldn't say it led nowhere useful. It's the way JKR 
dramatizes his
> leave-taking. We can't assume that they fought or anything, but 
this is the
> good-bye she thought was appropriate after what happened. One 
might expect
> something different from Dumbledore and Lupin. It's kind of 
tantalizing,
> even if we can't know for sure.
>
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Alla:

And let me ask again, what would you have expected from Dumbledore 
**in front of Harry** if he feels really, really angry about what 
Snape did? I surely would not have expected him to say anything in 
front of Harry IMO.


> Goddlefrood:
> 
> Alla's point seems to be, and do correct me if I am labouring 
> under any kind of misapprehension Alla, that all the teachers 
> including Severus and Dumbledore effectively conspired to keep 
> Lupin's furry little secret from the school as a whole. This 
> particular perceived sleight to Severus for his reporting of 
> Lupin's condition should be laid squarely at Dumbledore's feet. 
> 
> That no teacher reported the lycanthropy of Lupin to any of 
> the parents other than Snape towards the end would be a tad 
> irresponsible to say the least.
> 
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Alla:

Right, indeed. Conspired  :). But I am not sure I understand your 
last sentence. Who was being irresponsible in your opinion?