The Case for Slytherin

[banjoken at optonline.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 19987

Wow, this thread is drawing even me out of lurkdom! 

One of the few things that bothers me about the series is the 
automatic view that Slytherin is bad or evil. Even in discussion 
here, from what I've seen, the best defense is that it's useful as a 
foil for the other three houses (Gryffindor espically). It seems to 
me that all the houses are (or should be) equal. Slytherin, I'm sure, 
has produced students every bit as good as Gryffindors. It seems to 
me that Tom Riddle, the Malfoys, etc. are giving Slytherin a bad name 
that it probably doesn't deserve.  

</rant>

On a happier note: what a great group we've got here! I've been 
lurking for about a month, and I've really enjoyed everything I've 
seen so far.

Ken

PS - Hello to all the Binghamton University people! I know there are 
a few of us hanging around...