[HPforGrownups] Re: Bang! You're Dead.

[digger]

No: HPFGUIDX 86226


> Kneasy:
> 
> Dumbledore 'the epitome of goodness' is a very interesting concept.
> I agree, but selectively. Then I can have it both ways. It certainly
> supports  my contention that Elves are not enslaved. He has never given
> any encouragement to Hermione and her crusade, has he?
> 

digger:

Dumbledore is wise enough to know that what the House Elves are enslaved 
by is their own belief system. There is no way to change the moral, 
social and ethical beliefs of a race of beings in a short period of 
time. Telling them they are free, or knitting them wooly hats, is not 
going to change the Elves beliefs, and Dumbledore knows it. That kind of 
change only takes place over generations. Dumbledore is doing what he 
can by giving encouragemnt and paid employment to elves like Dobby and 
Winky. Dobby needs to get going in the family production department and 
raise some free elf-kids.