Discriminatory admissions process (Re: OOP: Sorting hat's song)

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 63275

Milz:
 
> The three had definite ideas on what kind of student Hogwarts 
should admit.

No, SLYTHERIN only wanted to admit purebloods. The rest were willing 
to admit others, but then set categories for their houses.

There is no evidence that Rowena Ravenclaw, for instance, wanted to 
kick Hufflepuff kids out of school. She just had certain qualities 
she was looking for, not unlike a master seeking an apprentice.

Rowena and Godric and Salazar grabbed the kids they wanted to bear 
their name and Helga took the rest. But there is no evidence that 
Godric and Rowena wanted to kick the Hufflepuff kids out of Hogwarts 
entirely.

Helga didn't set any standards. I suppose that does give her a leg up 
morally, perhaps.

But it's still a long, and I believe inaccurate, leap from that 
to "Gryff, Slyth and Ravenclaw wanted to kick them all out." Slyth 
probably wouldn't have had a problem with a pureblood Ravenclaw, for 
instance.

Those kids all got their Hogwarts letters. The only "discrimination" 
is in where they'd live once they got there. It was Slyth, and no one 
else, who wanted to stop certain kids from getting those letters.

Darrin
-- Elitist snobs? We're talking Godric Gryffindor here!