Snape and Harry and expulsion WAS: Re: CHAPTER DISCUSSION Chamber of Secrets

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> Nikkalmati
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> I am not sure what "all the times" consists of.  We can't properly evaluate his true motives unless we have some kind of a list. <SNIP of several examples>

Alla:

I am pretty sure there are few more examples, but no I do not remember them on the top of my head. I would have swore that there was at least one time in PS/SS when Snape threatens Harry with expulsion. I do not have time to do it right now or during a working week unfortunately, but I do promise to look through books soon enough (hopefully within a week or two) and produce more examples

> > Alla
> > I would also think that the rule that warrants expulsion for attempt to cast unforgivable curse makes much more sense than a rule that allows teacher to snatch away a book from student's hands who was quietly reading the book outside and claim that such rule exists.
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> > JMO,
> > 
> Nikkalmati
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> Can you produce inclusinve the list of Hogwarts rules and punishments that does not include such a rule?  I think it makes perfect sense to forbid students from taking library books outside, especially in bad weather. JMHO.


Alla:

Well, no of course I cannot produce such list and that was my point. I think we can only speculate which rule breaking really warrants expulsion and which one does not, but since I can only evaluate them according to what I consider as common sense, to me attempting to attack fellow student with unforgivable curse warrants expulsion.  And sure, I brought up the example about the book because I consider this a made up rule by Snape which to me nonsense.

The rule forbidding to take the rare books **outside the library**? Absolutely, makes a lot of sense to me. The rule allowing taking the book, which is not rare at all by the way, outside the library, but not reading it outside? To me it does not make a yota of sense.

JMO,

Alla