Not Slytherin, not Slytherin

[beccafran <rbroeker@hotmail.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51435

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Andrea <ra_1013 at y...> wrote:
> As for the basilisk, I return to my argument that we don't have 
anything
> to show Salazar actually intended the basilisk to hurt the Muggle-
borns,
> except a thousand year old legend perpetuated by those who stayed 
at the
> school and were thus *against* Slytherin in the argument.  


What else could the basilisk possibly be there for? A gigantic 
snake that kills on sight? Slytherin definetely left that monster 
there to kill *someone.* Whether it was specifically muggle-borns he 
had in mind, we'll never know, but I think it's pretty clear that his 
intentions were less than honorable.

Personally, I have to believe that Salazar Slytherin was pretty much 
a homicidal maniac. Oh, and probably a big crazy racist to boot. And 
I *like* Slytherins!

BeccaFran