Evil Slytherin

[Katy Cartee]

No: HPFGUIDX 67786

Nemi wrote:
> Whoa!  Hold Up There!  Slytherin?  Evil?  Breeding
> grounds for Dark?  Uhmn, no.  Definetly not.

Where is your proof to the contrary? I must remind you that we STILL have
not seen a "good" Slyth!

> Point One: Binns Says that Salazar considered
> muggle-borns to be "untrustworty" not 'disgusting' not
> 'dirty,' simply untrustworthy.

So if a race is considered "untrustworthy" by myself, i should try to stamp
them out? I think not!

> Point Two: Muggles did attempt to burn Wiches at
> the stake.

That's an excuse to try and MURDER all muggle-born witches/wizards?? A dog
killed my kitten when i was a little girl...so should i then turn around and
try to exterminate all dogs from the face of the earth? Heck no!

> Point Three: Sorting Hat SAYS Godric and Salazar
> were "best friends"

Up until Salazar started setting murderous MONSTERS on muggle-borns, i feel
sure.

> Point Four: Salazar LEFT Hogwarts because of an Argument.
> Conclusion: He didn't withdraw his house, he didn't stay
> which could have dragged the school down, he left, sacrificing
> his own ideals and basically admiting defeat in an argument for
> the good of the many.

Wow, you are giving Salazar WAY too much credit. Have you so quickly
forgotten that HE IS THE ONE who put a Basalisk in a school full of
CHILDREN?? He didn't simply "leave, sacrificing his own ideals." He built a
chamber and put a monster in it to CARRY ON his ideals after he was gone!

> Point Five: Hagrid trusted Tom enough to consider him a friend.

That's not a point. Hagrid has never been one to have much intuition or
brains. Dumbledore never trusted Tom Riddle.

> Point Six: Tom was in the Slytherin house. Conclusion: The
> House animosity didn't always exist.

It sounds to me that it has existed ever since the founding of the school!
Tom was not the first wizard to "go bad" after all.

> Point Seven: Harry is Very Slytherin.

Not of his own accord. He only has Slytherin trates because SLYTHERIN
VOLDEMORT gave them to him.

Dorothy wrote:
> I think we see a foreshadowing of this in the Sorting Hat's plea for
> unity. Will the house system be done away with altogether /Will
> Slytherin be absorbed into the others? Will there be a new house?
> Seems like we need at least four for Quidditch Cup play.

I like someone else's idea (sorry, i've forgotten who) that they'll do away
with the house system and elect Quidditch captains who can choose their own
teams. There really is no need for the house system any longer in my
opinion.

~Katy~
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