[HPforGrownups] Slytherins, Sirius vs Snape (gosh, this is long!!)

[Melanie Brackney]

No: HPFGUIDX 22526


--- pigwidgeon37 at yahoo.it wrote:
> rainy_lilac wrote:
> <I do like the idea of a surprise coming up, some
> kind of evidence 
> <that might suggest that the cunning Slytherins,
> though prone to Dark 
> <Ways, do not HAVE to go in that direction, and that
> there might be a 
> <notable Slytherin who will rise above it all.
> (Well, Snape for 
> <sure...)
> 
> It is never stated in any of the books that *every*
> Slytherin goes 
> bad. Hagrid says in PS:"There's not a single witch
> or wizard who went 
> bad who wasn't in Slytherin" That means: All bad
> witches/wizards have 
> been in Slytherin, but not EVERY witch/wizard that
> was in Slytherin 
> is automatically bad.
> 

That statement still doesn't make any sense to me.  I
personally believe that it is an overstatement on the
part of Hagrid.  I am judging this by the fact that at
this point we still believe (or atleast the Wizard
world does) that Sirius Black is a deatheater.  Never
made sense to me.  Perhaps, he is correct *that only
Slytherins are deatheaters, however, that would mean
that Peter Pettigrew was a Slytherin which I"m
completely willing to believe at this point*  I guess
we don't know 100% that Sirius was in Gryffindor,
however, or if we do I can't remember.  However, being
James best friend I highly doubt you could be around
eachother all the time like that and not be in the
same house. I've said this thought before, but I just
don't understand it?  Does anybody have any thoughts?

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