Headmaster for a day (was Prank WAS :Re: CHAPDISC: DH33, The Princ

[littleleahstill]

No: HPFGUIDX 184951

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
> Alla:
> 
> I guess what confuses me is how we can set aside whether I knew 
about 
> the landmines for the purposes of determining whether you intended 
to 
> kill me or not.
>
Alla:
>
> I guess what confuses me is how we can set aside whether I knew 
about
> the landmines for the purposes of determining whether you intended 
to
> kill me or not.

Leah: Ah, I purposely set it aside because it was not the question you
asked. You said that you were puzzled over this situation: Person A
wanted to go to X. Person B knew this and gave A (dangerous)
information about how to get to X. If A never went to X, how could A
ever accuse B of trying to kill him/her? Your phrasing of the
situation did not factor in A's potential knowledge of any dangers,
your question seemed to be based on the fact that since A's death 
would
require action by A (going to X), if A never went to X , how could A
accuse B of wanting to kill him/her?

Once we introduce your new point, then we're back to the discussion
we've been having at some length, and the problem is, we don't know
what Sirius' intention was, only what Snape's belief in that intention
is. I don't think it helps to go over it all again. However, what I
would say if that *if* A intends to kill B, any knowledge,
recklessness, stupidity etc by B can not take away from that
intention. A intends to kill B by planting a bomb in B's car. B knows
he is a terrorist target, and has been shown by security forces how to
check his car before getting in. A knows B has been told he is a
target, and may suspect he has received training, but A thinks he will
try the bomb anyway. B scoffs at the fact of being a target and 
doesn't
bother and the bomb goes off but misfires, causing B superficial
injuries. None of what happens to the bomb, or B's stupidity detract
in any way from A's original intention to kill B. You can argue over
A's degree of responsibility for B's injuries and for any share B has
in that responsibility, but that doesn't affect A's original
intention.

Leah