Okay, people, just because you believe that Snape didn't kill Dumbeldore in cold blood (and I agree with you), does not mean he's "innocent". It's an absurd, absurd word to use for that character.
To be completely bitchy about it, "in cold blood" is not what you call it when somebody kills somebody rather on the spur of the moment, regardless of motive. "In cold blood" to me implies premediation, as in murder two or three. Not when suddenly presented with a choice of breaking an oath that would kill you for breaking it, or killing somebody else who may be about to get killed anyway.
But "innocent", either as in "not guilty" or as in "not knowing", is a ridiculous word to apply to the bloke who effectively pulled the trigger. What crap.
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Date: 2006-01-09 06:37 am (UTC)But "innocent", either as in "not guilty" or as in "not knowing", is a ridiculous word to apply to the bloke who effectively pulled the trigger. What crap.