Good Slytherin (Was: Re: Thestrals and Slytherins)

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 71225

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kathryn Cawte" <kcawte at b...> wrote:
>  
> 
>  Nic 
> Slytherins become victimised as soon as they are sorted into
Slytherin. ...
>  
> Me -
> 
> I think the students at school with Harry are going to come away 
> with the lesson that you might as well do whatever you like because 
> the gryffindors are going to be awarded victory at the end of the 
> year anyway - so why bother?
> 

bboy_mn: 

So how did the other houses feel when Slytherin held both the House
Cup and the Quidditch Cup for SEVEN years prior to Harry's arrival at
Hogwarts?

Gryffindor wasn't 'awarded' victory at the end of every year, they
ACHIEVED victory at the end of every year, and were awarded/rewarded
for their outstanding achievements. 

Any other house can gain victory too; there is nothing stopping them.
If they want it all they have to do is achieve it. It's part of a
gamed called life; we all play it everyday.



> But then I hold the controversail view that the only Gryffindor who
> should have been given points at the end of PS was Neville (all 
> right yes I admire Ron greatly for his actions but he shouldn't have
> been in a position where he had to do that because none of them 
> should have been trying to get to the Stone in the first place)
> 
> K

bboy_mn continues:

Then I would speculate that you completely missed the point. That
point would be that for evil to flourish good men need do nothing. 

There is a higher order, a higher power than rules that control the
hearts and minds of men (and women) who believe in justice and
liberty, and that is the power of RIGHT. 

Sometimes even when it's against the rules, good men force themselve
to do what is right for no reason other than it is the RIGHT thing to
do. It takes nothing to follow the crowd; it takes courage to stand
against it. At some point we will all have to choose between what is
right and what is easy, and for all the young readers of 'Harry Potter
and the Philosopher's Stone', I suspect that they are now much more
willing to do what is right than what is easy.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

bboy_mn