Re: Snape took Voldemort the prophecy

Ron Hunter wrote:
Here in Minnesota wrote:
jdtiger wrote:
For all those folks claiming Snape never did an evil deed and was
only caught up with the death eaters as a youthful indiscretion,
etc. How do you square the fact that he took the part of the
prophecy he overheard to Voldemort? I know there is some question
as to what Snape heard and relayed to Voldemort, based on
Trelawney's account of the events being different than DD's, but if
we take DD at his word, and Snape at his word, then Snape ran
immediately to share with Voldemort the following:

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... born
to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month
dies..."

and maybe this (not sure where half breaks off):

"and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have
power the Dark Lord knows not..."

Either way, Snape runs to V with information that will result in the
death of a child.

How is that not evil?

He only comes to DD when he realizes that Lily might be a collateral
casualty.

This, again, doesn't mean that Snape is an evil person at the time
of his death, but to suggest that he's not guilty of ever
committing any evil act or deed seems far-fetched.

I think you fighting a strawman. I don't know *ANYONE* in this group
who said or thinks Snape *NEVER* did evil.

The comments about him not doing evil are *AFTER* he comes to DD and
changes sides. I also think that most of us would agree that his
motives for changing side wasn't pure.


I suppose the crux of the issue is just where being a rude, obnoxious,
snarky, git slides over the line to 'evil'. Hard to say. And can one
do evil things and still not be evil? Surely one can do good things,
and not be good, right?

Right. My best friend is a rude, obnoxious, snarky, git and he is not evil.
In fact he has a great heart; his obnoxious rudeness is because of his
insecurities.


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