Slytherins evil

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 36519

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., CB <eleri at a...> wrote:
> I don't think people finding themselves sorted into Slytherin are 
> inherently evil. Ambitious, possibly ruthless, yes, but not *evil*.
> I do think, however, that the qualities that make a cannon 
Slytherin, also 
> make it far easier for them to become evil. The line between good 
and evil 
> for them is very blurred, and what starts out as a driving ambition, 
with 
> little thought to the consequences, quickly becomes evil acts.

None of the Four Houses possesses self-right to define what is Good 
and what is Bad. Because, well - I have yet to find a moral code that 
fits in ALL situations imaginable.

Sometimes it's difficult if not impossible to know what is good and 
what evil, despite for best efforts... Extremes always go wrong.

The First Song of Sorting Hat heard by Harry... That's where the seed 
is: A Slytherin is ready to use *any* means to achieve what ever the 
ambition. That's what makes it so easy for a Slytherin to be bad. Like 
Voldemort. They all valued different virtues, the founders.