An ironic Sirius quote

[JoAnna]

No: HPFGUIDX 95987

I ran across the following earlier today -

"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he
treats his inferiors, not his equals." -Sirius Black, Chapter 27,
"Padfoot Returns," page 525 (American Edition).

It's interesting that Sirius Black says the above regarding Barty
Crouch Sr.'s treatment of Winky the house-elf, given how Sirius treats
Kreacher the house-elf in "Order of the Phoenix."  It also says a good
deal about the kind of people that Harry and Hermione are, given their
kindess towards house-elves.

If we look at Sirius' treatment of Kreacher in OotP and judge him by
Sirius' own standard, Sirius would not seem to be a very nice person
at all.  No doubt that's why Dumbledore had told him that Kreacher
must be treated with respect (and it also shows that Dumbledore,
unlike Sirius, practices what he preaches).

Thoughts?

- JoAnna