The Dark Side/Sirius' house(correction)

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 58127

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "susanbones2003" <rdas at f...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "addictedtobass2003" 
> <katie.jarvis1 at n...> wrote:
> > This has probably been brought up before, so sorry, but it has 
been 
> > playing on my mind for ages now. In PS/SS whilst in Diagon Alley, 
> Hagrid says: 
> > "There's not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in 
> > Slytherin."
> > 
> > (PS UK paperback p62)
> > 
> > What about Sirius?  He was believed to be a supporter of 
Voldemort 
> > for over a decade, the one who betrayed the Potters infact.  
Surely 
> > Hagrid couldn't have forgot him?  After all, he was so upset at 
the 
> > fact that he comforted Sirius the night he "murdered" the 
Potters.  
> > Hagrid didn't believe Sirius was innocent, no one did, so that 
> isn't a possibilty.  Was Sirius in Slytherin?
> 
> >Snip
> 
> The canon never mentions which house James, Sirius, Peter or Remus 
> belonged to. I may have assumed incorrectly, but it always seemed 
to 
> me that such closes friendships would not be possible among any 
other 
> but your housemates. Where would you find the time? You eat with 
your 
> house, study in your common room mostly, party with your house, 
sleep 
> in the dorm with your housemates. Romantic cross-overs seemed to be 
> possible because they involved a certain amount of mystery and 
> excitement but didn't involve large amounts of day-to-day time. 
While 
> Harry knows lots of people from other houses and is on good terms 
> with many, but I couldn't see him (or his dad either) developing 
the 
> deep friendships they possess with anyone else other than their 
> housemates. About Hagrid, he seems to suffer from the lack of 
logical 
> and consistent thinking that impairs much of the wizarding world. 
He 
> probably never thought for a second to reason that previously all 
> dark wizards came from Slytherin, therefore, Sirius couldn't have

CORRECTION HERE..... a dark wizard. (SORRY FOLKS- losing sleep these 
days due to a new puppy...)
>His knowledge is based on hearsay, reports from 
> the Daily Prophet and other limited sources. Wizards are 
notoriously 
> illogical, emotion-based and reactive. That's why Dumbledore is 
such 
> atowering but limited figure. He uses reason but he does not have 
the 
> power to make other men see the truth. That's my story and I am 
> sticking with it.
> JenD