Prank WAS :Re: CHAPDISC: DH33, The Prince's Tale

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 184883

 
> Alla:
> 
> Eh, well of course if one is not convinced that Snape figured out 
> whom he will be meeting there, of course then Sirius' part of blame 
> grows significantly. I personally have no doubt that Snape figured
it  out and it really does not matter to me that he figured it out by 
> himself or from officials.

Pippin:
It makes a difference to me, because Snape was not disregarding an
adult's authority, he was only disregarding his own. Snape is not
responsible for knowing that there is a werewolf under the willow,
even if he's figured it out. 

> Alla:
> 
> Sirius had moral responsibility not to tempt Snape, but the fact
that  Snape already wanted to go there is **beside the point**? I do
not  know how to respond to it.

Pippin:
I didn't think it was unclear, but let me give a different example.
Suppose I give a teenage kid the key to a liquor cabinet and access to
a car, hoping that he will get drunk and have an accident. It would be
no excuse to say that I didn't make him do it. That the kid wanted to
get into the liquor cabinet already and should have known better than
to drink and drive does not make me less culpable, IMO.


> Alla:
> 
> Huh? Could you please just point out to me where I am taking 
> charitable view towards Sirius and saying that he was in part 
> protecting his friends? 

Pippin:
Didn't you say that Sirius didn't have to let his friends get caught?

Alla:
> 
> Snape hanged himself as far as I am concerned. He had higher than 
> normal mental capacities, he as far as I am concerned knew or 
> suspected that there is a werewolf there, he was a self proclaimed 
> DADA genuis, he read that lovely werewolf essay. And he went there 
> anyways.
>

Pippin:
He's still only sixteen or so. Just because, intellectually, he knows
how dangerous werewolves are doesn't mean that he is going to be
appropriately cautious. It's not the nature of a sixteen year old to
be appropriately cautious. Sirius, of all people, knew that very well.

Pippin