I once tried to map out what the Holocaust would have been like if JKR's anti-muggle prejudice was an accurate metaphor of it. I stopped after I started feeling a bit too uncomfortable. A situation where the Aryans are /actually/ superior, and the Jews really did try and wipe them out at one time, and massively out-number them and are making their very existence difficult -- yeah, I stopped about there and had a bath. ick.
About Snape. I don't know what Mike Smith said (link?) but perhaps what he meant was that he thought Snape was less of a hero because he only turned away from the Death Eaters because they wanted to kill Lily. It's been said before (and I tend to agree) that it is more heroic to turn away because you've realised you've joined nazis with superpowers (not my words btw) than because they're threatening a girl you want. We are never shown in the text that Snape ever really disagreed with their views on what should be done with muggles and muggle-borns, or if he was just doing it becuase they killed Lily.
I'm not sure what you were talkign about with the last bit, as both superman and batman and proactive and get things done. It's an admirable trait but its not solely for superheroes.
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About Snape. I don't know what Mike Smith said (link?) but perhaps what he meant was that he thought Snape was less of a hero because he only turned away from the Death Eaters because they wanted to kill Lily. It's been said before (and I tend to agree) that it is more heroic to turn away because you've realised you've joined nazis with superpowers (not my words btw) than because they're threatening a girl you want. We are never shown in the text that Snape ever really disagreed with their views on what should be done with muggles and muggle-borns, or if he was just doing it becuase they killed Lily.
I'm not sure what you were talkign about with the last bit, as both superman and batman and proactive and get things done. It's an admirable trait but its not solely for superheroes.