Chapter Discussion: Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 19: The Servant of Lord Voldemort

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 190756

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Librasmile" <librasmile at ...> wrote:

Librasmile:
> Missed the point I see.
> It's not a question of pro or con but a question of...impenetrability. I would expect to see some new insights in a discussion. I expect exchange, even in a discussion of fiction - ESPECIALLY in a discussion of fiction - to generate responses that don't seem to be equivalent to political parties holding firm to their positions regardless of what logic or genuinely valid alternate views are expressed. Forget my own Snape bias which I freely admit. If Snape were substituted with some other person in the Shrieking Shack incident, I fully believe that the anti-Snape arguments would change. The non-Snape victim would receive some modicum of sympathy. There would be some acknowledgement of Sirius culpability. I certainly don't expect cheerleaders for Snape but I do expect to see some acknowledgement that there equally valid counter arguments against seeing Snape as purely evil. However, that's not what I see. I simply see the equivalent of partisan radio or talk shows.
> So thank you. I've at last taken the time to get a good look at what's going on here and I shall value it accordingly.

Geoff:
I get the impression from your remarks that you are possibly fairly new to 
the group. Having been a member of this group for just on eight years, I can 
assure you that Snape has got supporters and detractors. I know of group members
who are pro-Snape and others (like myself as it happens) who find it difficult to 
like him, despite the truth which has emerged about his activities.

It might be of interest to you to pick a message number from some years past, 
say 100,000 of 150,000 and have a look at what discussions were going on there 
at that time - nor only Snape but other ambivalent members of the Wizarding 
World. It has become less easy to speculate about many characters as the story 
has drawn to a conclusion and many story arcs have been closed.