OoP thoughts and re: house-elves

[Kia]

No: HPFGUIDX 61404

Thoughts, opinions, sunk theories? Anyone?

Am I the only one who got the distinctive impression that OotP is 
the most political of the books so far?

The fountain and the lie it told. The never-mentioned-before fact 
that the goblins do not have full rights in the Wizarding World, the 
ignorant, bureaucratic and therefore consequently evil 
government, the bought media... at least some of these things 
have contemporary relevance. 

Jenny wrote:

>>>1. What do you all think of House Elves now, especially with 
the awful Kreacher being introduced? Do they really choose their 
lot or are they completely "trained" by their owners (as 
Dumbledore implied)?<<<<<


I believe more than ever, especially with the house-elves treated 
exactly as centaurs and goblins (who are fighting for more rights 
for centuries), that house-elf enslavement is wrong. Kreacher 
works as pro-argument because his "conditioning" is what turns 
him evil. (Hermione is right, the elves are brainwashed.) The 
problem is that they *cannot* choose their fate even if they 
wanted to. They have no choice, because they have no rights and 
are enslaved. And as long as they don't have a choice, no on can 
argue that they *choose* to be enslaved.



Kia