Dumbledore's plan was Doing it for Lily?

[ZaraG]

No: HPFGUIDX 188928


> > Pippin:
> > Harry never had proof of all the evil things he believed about Snape and 
> > the Slytherins. So why should we insist upon proof before we stop 
> > believing them?


> Shelley:
> But no proof? Hadn't everyone told Harry just how awful the Death Eaters 
> were? Universally agreed on their opinion of the Death Eaters? Harry saw 
> first hand with the Mark in the Sky at the World Cup how the Death Eaters 
> paraded with reckless disregard for Muggles when they dangled the camp 
> owner's family in the air, read in the newspaper of the deaths and 
> disappearances of so many people.

Zara:
Pippin wrote of Slytherins. 

> Shelley:
> Snape himself wore the mark of the Death 
> Eater- was that not proof that he had to have done some act to earn it? 

Zara:
What act do you suppose Draco committed, to earn his Dark Mark? It appears he was already marked before the start of the school year in HBP....

> Shelley:
> Keep 
> in mind that even wearing a Dark Mark, with no further evidence needed, was 
> enough to put a man in Azkaban in the justice system of the Wizards, so 
> undoubted sure were they of the weight it carried. 

Zara:
Yes, and that very system chose not to so deal with Snape, on the basis of evidence that he had acted in the service of the good guys during the war. Evidence of which Harry was fully cognizant since GoF, having witnessed Albus's testimony on the matter.