Snape & the DEs, Reprise

[ritadear2]

No: HPFGUIDX 35017

Porphyria wrote:


"It just seems to me that his loyalty to Dumbledore probably 
outweighs his loyalty to his house, and this is significant when 
the two are at odds. Granted, Dumbledore probably hopes for 
the best from the average Slytherin student, but all the 
muggle-hating Slyth families *loathe* muggle-loving 
Dumbledore, so Snape's allegiance to him is suspect from a 
Slyth viewpoint, it already speaks of a certain betrayal of old 
Salazar's pureblood standards."

I disagree.  The way I see it, Slytherin is part of Hogwarts and 
falls under general Hogwarts philosophy, which the parents 
must accept (or pretend to accept) when they choose to send 
their children there.  Loyalty to Slytherin (or any) house must 
therefore come second to loyalty to Hogwarts, which is headed 
by Dumbledore.  It is pretty well accepted from Hogwarts past, 
that it is not going to go the way of Durmstrang and teach dark 
arts and become a dark school, and the even the Malfoys, 
Crabbes and Goyles would be foolish to think so.  I think they 
benefit from the liberal philosophy of Hogwarts in that they are 
able to hide their dark alliance and hold prestigious jobs. 

Even Salazar had to succumb to the pressure of his peers by 
allowing his purebred Slytherins to attend school with the 
mudbloods in the other houses, if it were that big of a deal to 
him, why did he not take his house and leave?  

Rita