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> Alla:
> 
> And I am still missing something. I do not see after book 7 how 
Snape 
> could honestly believe that Sirius tried to kill him, unless Snape 
> majorly hypnotised himself. Of course it may have turned out that 
> way. Except not without Snape going there. Again, I am holding 
> Sirius' responsible here, sorry to sound like a parrot, just for 
his 
> own actions.

Potioncat:
Because Snape feels that Sirius's motivation in telling the secret of 
the knot, was to get Severus killed. Most of us don't think Sirius 
thought it out that much. But Snape does think that. 

Sirius thinks Snape's motivation for going in was to get the 
Marauders--or at least Remus--into trouble. Many of us think Severus 
had another motivation too.

But as far as this goes, neither Black nor Snape grew up. And neither 
thinks back on what idiot boys they were.

 
> Alla:
> 
> Could be, or it could be that Sirius actually thought that Snape 
> deserved to die in the Shack and I am a huge Sirius' fan for those 
> who do not know lol. I just do not think that Sirius telling Snape 
> how to get there equals Sirius tried to kill Snape. 


Potioncat:
It's probably too late for me to be reading posts, but I'll ask 
anyway. You don't mean, you think Sirius "did" think Severus deserved 
to die, do you?--you don't mean it really was his intention?---I 
mean, even most of us who don't like Black don't think he really 
intended Snape to die.

Alla:
Snape still went 
> on his own.  Sirius is hugely responsible for telling the secret, 
> just not for Snape going IMO.

Potioncat:
That right. Both boys have an equal share of responsibility for the 
danger Snape faced.

In our area there was a situation in which some teens/young adults 
stole a stop sign. Shortly afterwards, a driver did not stop--because 
there was no sign-- and was broadsided in the intersection. He died. 
The kids who removed the stop sign were sent to jail for the death. 
They didn't intend for anyone to get hurt. They just wanted a stop 
sign.

You are responsible for the consequences of your actions.
Snape is responsible for Lily's death, even though he didn't intend 
it, and tried to prevent it. Sirius would have been responsible for 
Snape's death if the werewolf had gotten to him. Of course, Snape 
would also share the responsibility for it, but he would be dead.