Hermione and 'Evil is a strong word' (WAS Re: CHAPDISC: HBP30, The White Tomb)

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 165963

> --Ronin:
> Technically, any point made by either side is disputable. 
> I could say that Quirrell was just watching the Quiditch match and 
Snape was
> really the one working the jinx. Just because Snape claimed he was 
trying to
> help Harry doesn't make it true when their own (Ron's & Hermione's) 
eye
> witness accounts portray Snape as the culprit.
>  
> Number 7 is probably the most relevant point on the list because we 
KNOW
> that Dumbledore himself has said that Snape was the only one who 
could help
> him as he did when his hand was cursed. It was definitely Snape who 
kept the
> curse from spreading and killing Dumbledore.
>  
> Yes. The argument is STILL quite valid. 

a_svirn:
Afraid not. Dumbledore's judgement proved to be unsound. The man he 
trusted so completely just killed him. And now everything he ever 
said about Snape is suspect. Hermione can only trust the information 
that came from the sources other than Dumbledore.