Slytherin and Death eaters

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No: HPFGUIDX 13719

This is kind of a spin-off to my other post.

I am kind of perplexed by the link between the Slytherin House and 
the Death Eaters.  Is Slytherin House an in-house-training-camp for 
future Death Eaters?  Can you imagine what the graduation ceremony 
would be like:

Rosier: let's join the dark Lord.
Wilkens: And torture some Muggles.
The Lestranges: And don't forget the Mudblood.

It would be strange if the entire year of Slytherins all become Death 
Eaters. (which seems to be the case with Snape's year, as Sirius has 
implied)  That, seriously, would make one doubt the value of a 
Hogwarts education.  I can understand how two or three may become DE 
but the 'entire gang'?  Even if we take the 'bad seeds' approach 
(i.e. all Slytherins are destined to become Dark Witches and Wizards, 
which even a 12 year-old can't believe.), it's just extreme to think 
that DE=Slytherin.  (I look forward to a non-Slytherin DE, someone 
other than that pathetic rat, Wormtail, who show us, so far, no trait 
of a Gryffindor.)

And while we are on the topic of nature vs nurture vs free will 
again, one of the argument against the Harry as Gryffindor heir 
theory is precisely this: it mires the CoS theme of freewill and 
choice.  If Harry is indeed the Gryffindor's heir and destined to 
defeat the dark lord, then Dumbledore's 'free choice' seems void.