Snape's Psychology: WAS: More thoughts on the Elder Wand subplot - Owner?

samajdar_parantap samajdar.parantap at gmail.com
Wed Jul 29 15:39:46 UTC 2009


No: HPFGUIDX 187471

>> Alla:

>> Suicidal man, Pippin, he is clearly portrayed as suicidal man. And >> instead of
>> showing him some kindness, at least telling him that yes, Order
>> needs his
>> services, but take time before you decide or something like that
>> Dumbledore
>> coldly manipulates him into his service.

Parantap :

Wouldn't it be a little bit too idealistic to do otherwise ?? Person X is fighting a war against Y, and one of the spies of Y comes to X for help. Isn't it natural for X to take as much advantage of the situation as possible? When a person is leading the battle to save their country/community, the first and foremost consideration is the welfare of the community. Everything else comes next.

 It's not like I am trying to argue that end always justifies the means – certainly we cannot support Crouch's authorization of torture and suspension of justice system. But in this particular case – it would have served no purpose to ask Snape to think things through and decide. It might have been better for Snape himself, but the order would/could have lost its most valuable future spy. If I imagine myself in such a situation (like DD's) I don't see myself giving Snape any more respect than an unexpected good opportunity which can be exploited greatly for my sides benefit – just what DD did.
You may be on the side of good or evil, but when you are actually fighting, all that matters is winning.  Otherwise you are dead – your values will only determine whether you spend the afterlife crying under a bench or sitting over it with a smiling face.  I would choose to win, and leave the thoughts of afterlife till death.

One more thing, Potters are two adults who are supposed to be capable of taking care of themselves and their kid. So it's not likely that people will think about nothing but their well-being, if they come to know that Potters are threatened, unless they have special interest in Mrs Potter. Agreed, one should not try and increase the danger, but that is not what DD is doing here. He is just trying to make the most of the situation.



Parantap ( My opinion on this matter may be biased by the fact that I strongly disbelieve in existence of any kind of afterlife ).






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