Sirius's Family Good Slyths?

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In a message dated 7/11/03 7:03:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bard7696 at aol.com 
writes:
> Now this is an interesting argument. Does Sirius' family, because they 
> weren't 
> prepared to go as far as Voldemort did, qualify as good Slyths?
> I guess it depends, for me that is, on what they did exactly. Did they 
> reject V-
> Mort entirely? Or did they just kind of skulk off, waiting to see who the 
> victor 
> would be? 
> Did they actively oppose him? As I've said, neutrality when evil is running 
> rampant is allowing evil to thrive.

I guess whether Sirius's family were good Slyths or not depends on your 
definition of good.  Do you think that merely opposing what V wants to do makes you 
good, or does the person/group have to actively oppose him?  Since you 
definition is the latter, I would say: perhaps.  When Regulus left, was that 
actively opposing him?  IMO, asking to leave a group like the DEs is *almost* 
actively opposing, simply because of the nature of the group.  There's a possibility 
that when Regulus left, he was planning to go to the MoM and tell them 
everything about the DEs.  Did V kill Regulus because of plans to reveal DE secrets, 
or is it merely because "when you're a DE, you're a DE all the way, from your 
very first AK, to your last dying day"? (Oh...I'm gonna have to make that a 
FILK!).  Or Sirius's Good!Slyth family could just be us Slyth fans desperately 
grasping at straws trying to find good!slyth in the series (it's like trying to 
find a virgin at the post-prom Deep Creek party)!

~*~*~Oryomai~*~*~


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