Simple spell origin, Krum... and a Pettigrew Question

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48894

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, srsiriusblack at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 27/12/2002 11:03:58 Eastern Standard Time, 
> urbana at c... writes:
> > (September 1, 1991 if you follow the HP timeline), no wizards or 
> > witches from any houses other than Slyterin had gone bad. Does 
> > this  make sense? ...edited...


> Snuffles: 
> IMHO, I think that the statement about Slytherins "There was not a
> witch a wizard..." is just an emphasis on how many people from 
> Slytherin had gone to the Dark Side.
> ...edited...

-end Snuffles-

bboy_mn

Let's simplify the statement that all bad wizard are Slytherin. down
to it's most simple form.

Possibility 1.) All Slytherins are bad wizards.

Possibility 2.) All bad wizards are Slythern.

1.) Defines a Slytherin subset of the bad wizard's universe.

2.) Defines the entire universe of bad wizards as being made up
exclusively of Slytherins.

Certainly, the are lots of bad wizards through out history that were
not Slytherin. Therefore, Slytherin can not define the entire universe. 

The only other conclusion is that Slytherins are bad wizards but they
are not all the bad wizards that exist.

I think if we take the original Ron/Hagrid statements as general
conversation phrased to make a point, a reasonable conclusion would be
that Slytherin produces a very disproportionately high share of bad
wizards. But regardless of how it was phrased, it was not an absolute
statement intended to definitively define the universe.

Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn