Could Harry have saved Snape? (was Reacting to DH...)

Tiffany B. Clark minnesotatiffany at hotmail.com
Thu Oct 18 23:46:00 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 178078

Pippin:

There is a moral obligation, I would say, to try to save innocent 
people, and to presume that everyone is innocent until proven guilty. 
I hope that Harry the Auror believes that and has learned from his 
experience that he is not the judge of guilt or innocence.  

Tiffany:

Harry's learning at Hogwarts to not judge guilt or innocence & that 
all folks deserve a chance to explain themselves before they're 
judged for it.  Harry has also been falsely proven to be a judge of 
good & evil & that there's more important things besides just your 
house when labelling someone.

Pippin:

I forgive him for not acting, because I think  all the murders
he had seen through Voldie-vision gave him a sort of learned 
helplessness. But I don't think there's nothing to forgive.  
  
Tiffany:

There comes a point when being a victim or innocent bystander isn't 
gonna fly well with others.  True, he saw a lot of murders done & has 
been traumatized by it, but playing the victim card isn't a very good 
way to live life.  Victimization is kind of like crying wolf when you 
try to use it a lot, IMHO.  I don't mind him claiming he was a victim 
before of some pretty heinous stuff because he was, esp. in his early 
life, but sooner or later it's all up to you to make your own breaks.





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