Sorting Hat, was Re: Hagrid in Slytherin??? & in defense of Slytherin...

[rcraigharman at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 20396

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Melanie Brackney <ilovbrian_99 at y...> wrote:
> > In PS/SS, chpater 6 Hagrid says he was. I don't know if people
> > think this a reliable quote or not, since it immediately follows
> > the bit about all dark wizards having been in Slytherin.
> > "'There's not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't
> > in Slytherin.  You-Know-Who was one.'" In Hagrid's defense, he
> > should know; he was at school at the same time as Riddle.
> 
> I have a problem with that quote...because obviously it is an
> overstatement..or a major inconsistency on the part of JKR..my
> reasoning..at that point everyone still thought Sirius was a
> deatheater..and I think it's a reasonable assumption that Sirius
> was in Gryffindor...and not Slytherin..just my thoughts on that...

Of course, Sirius wasn't bad either, and Hagrid should have known
that too, afaik.

I don't think it's an inconsistency on JKR's part, but perhaps a bit
of hyperbole from Hagrid.

....Craig