Evil Hufflepuffs

[Sushi]

No: HPFGUIDX 49857

>Sushi wrote:
> >       Hey, all.  Just some thoughts I've had on the most neglected of our
> > beloved Houses.
> >
> >       In canon, Hufflepuffs are described as loyal and 
> hard-working.  This may
> > be my natural cynicism talking, but doesn't that mean that if any
> > Hufflepuffs were swayed to Voldemort's side, they could easily become some
> > of his most dangerous weapons?


         Irene responded:

>I distinctly remember a word "just" in one of the Sorting ceremonies.
>Voldemort and justice do not sit well together in my mind.


         But isn't justice in the eye of the beholder?  As twisted and 
corrupt as Voldemort is, he still thinks what he's doing is just.  He's 
devoted to the cause of Wizarding World For Wizards/carrying on Slytherin's 
work.  His reasons may be a little hazy to the rest of us, but doesn't 
every terrorist think of himself as a freedom fighter?  If a Hufflepuff 
were to take a similar point of view, it could be carried to extremes in 
the name of "freeing the wizarding world of the Muggle scourge".

Sushi


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