[HPforGrownups] Re: Hermione's House Elf Hats: Question

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No: HPFGUIDX 80670

In a message dated 12/09/03 20:29:38 GMT Daylight Time, 
darkmatter30 at yahoo.com writes:


> She is simply 
> wasting her time due to her dogmatic beliefs that these slaves should 
> be free, happy to be free, and that the simple gift of clothes is 
> sufficient.
> 

I do not think she is wasting her time and I think that is very harsh.  I 
think she has the general idea and I hope she goes further with them.  Of course, 
I dont think Hermione is correct to free house elves if they do not want to 
be.  What I do think she should do with SPEW is give elves rights, they do not 
have any.
For example:

* It should be illegal to torture or harm any elf in any way.
(E.g. Lucius tortured Dobby horribly, but it was perfectly legal to do so.)
* If elves are unhappy they should be able to quit.
* Killing a house elf should be considered a crimanal offense.
(So no beheading house elves that are too old to serve you Black)

If Hermione aims for these sort of things, she will get somewhere.  She is 
fighting for Elfish welfare which is what these are.

I say bless her, she is lovingly sweet and I think she will realise she is 
aiming too high and go for something a bit more realistic.

Nic xx
Who thinks Hermione is wonderful.


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