religion in Hong Kong and Evil Hufflepuffs/Good Slytherins)

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 17790

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Alexandra Y. Kwan" <litalex at y...> wrote:
> Hello,

I wrote...
> > I know quite a few people from Hong Kong, and as you say, most are
> > Christians - Roman Catholics, to be precise.  In fact, many 
wealthy
> > families send their children over here to be educated in
> > English/roman Catholic private schools.

Alex wrote...
> Well, I'm born and raised in Hong Kong, and I have to ask, what the 
heck are
> you talking about?  Most importantly, where do you live?  I think 
most of
> the HK people you've met are Christian because, forgive me if I'm 
wrong,
> you're Christian yourself.  

Erm, well for one thing I'm not Christian (though brought up that 
way).  Secondly, I'm English, and had a boyfriend from HK when I was 
at university.  He and his sister were both educated here - and he 
was the one who told me that the majority of people in Hong Kong were 
Christian.  This made sense to me, considering the effect of British 
colonialism etc.  So apologies if I'm wrong - a combination of 
misinformation and coincidence, I guess.  


So, does Slytherin value other things
> > (cunning, ambition, pure evil) above blood?
> 
> Perhaps the wealth of V's family overcame the Slytherin's aversion 
against
> his blood?  Maybe the fact that his mother was a witch was enough.  
Or maybe
> they just didn't know.  People know Hermione and other students are
> Muggle-born because they tell others.  What if V's so ashamed of it 
that he
> made up stories about his background?  If not stories, then perhaps 
at least
> lies of omission?  The teachers would know, but maybe they don't 
divulge
> such information?  It could happen...  Or perhaps his fellow 
Slytherins just
> didn't care because Tom is such a great boy.
> 
> little Alex

I think that Voldemort readily admits that his ancestry is half 
Muggle.  (Although I don't know what he would have done at school).  
So I can't see him making up stories about his background.   I was 
trying to get across the point that perhaps he was an exception, and 
what was the likelihood of other muggleborn children being sorted 
into Slytherin.  The decision is made by the sorting hat, afterall, 
and therefore this kind of information would be taken into account.

Catherine