[HPforGrownups] Re: Tom Riddle's mother - an important question...

[EnsTren at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 68992

In a message dated 7/9/2003 10:45:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
kirst_inn at yahoo.co.uk writes:


> Sorry, I'm with whoever pointed out "He put a dirty great killing 
> snake into a school full of *children*" on this one (Darrin? Sounds 
> like part of his Anti-Slyth campaign). I'm all for shades of grey in 
> character development, but I think sometimes you've just got to call 
> a racist, murdering, quarrelsome bigot a racist, murdering, 
> quarrelsome bigot. Yes, he was GG's best friend, but they quarrelled 
> (to bigot or not to bigot?)and he left the school. Right after he'd 
> put a dirty great killing snake in a hidden chamber. Then he left 
> instructions for his heir to unleash said dirty great killing snake 
> on those children who, by an accident of birth, happened to come 
> from the kinds of families that good ol' Sal didn't like

Nope!  Binns specifically says "Untrustworthy" not 'Dirty' not 'unworthy' 
just "Untrustworthy"

Doesn't sound too racist, at least not compared to how Slytherin is now.  
Espically consider what would happen if someone like say, Duddikins turned out to 
be a Wizard?  Oh oh!  We have cannon proof of Muggles trying to burn Wizards 
at the stake too!  Gee, I wonder how many first years know how to cast the 
flame freezing charm?

No mention of Murder, so that's out.

Quarrlsom, I will give you that.

Bigot comes under racist, so I'll leave that alone.

And Yes, he left the school, yet the other founders did not kick him out, did 
not close down his house, didn't do anything really.

Furthermore, as to the "instructions" we have no proof of that, only rummor.  
It's been /One Thousand Years/!  Don't you think stuff can get twisted by 
then?

Also on the Basilisk, don't you think it was rather easy to kill for an 
ultimate weapon?


Nemi
       --Black Dragon
       --Slasher and Yaoist
       --Utterly Psycotic


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