The Overarching message (of the HP books)

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.> > James Lyon:
> > I learned that hook-nosed, greasy-haired gits who abuse children 
> > will be seen as the sexual fantasy of many women.
> > I learned that wizards are superior to normals and genocide is 
> > quickly forgiven if you have money.
> 
> > Nikkalmati:
> > SIGH. Some people will never get over the fact that JKR tricked 
> > them. You apparently swallowed the red herring of "evil Snape" 
> > hook, line, and sinker, and you just can't give it up.
> 
> 
> James:
> Note: I stand by what I said and Nikkalmati proves my point.
> He abuses children--daily--in the books. He mind rapes Harry repeatedly.  He puts the sword in a frozen pond. He gives 
> Harry the "gift" of learning that Harry must let himself be 
> killed. He is a Death Eater and has almost certainly killed 
> and, I am sure, raped. His idea of love is to save Lily, kill 
> those she loves, and then keep her as a pet. This is all canon. 
> If he isn't evil, then I don't understand the word and must 
> consider Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Lenin, Castro, Che, and 
> others has being misunderstood...Nope, don't think I'll be 
> changing my mind any time soon.
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Alla:

I cannot speak for Nikkalmati, but I am going to speculate that she is using different definition of evil than you (and myself as well) are using. He was fighting for a good side (no matter how much I wanted him to end up being evil in that regard as well) - why not  give him the dues for that? But absolutely for what he did to Harry he will remain forever evil in my book, I am just giving him a credit for what he did. I of course also reject the idea that since he fought for a good side, he became less evil for how he treated Harry. Every time I think of grown man who kept a grudge for decades against innocent kid, I am happy that he wont be terrorizing anybody in the imaginary Potterverse anymore.

Him raping anybody is not canon though, his idea to keep Lily is a pet is not canon either, although certainly  saw enough canon clues to speculate the same way, but it is not spelled out canon at all.

JMO,

Alla