An ironic Sirius quote

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No: HPFGUIDX 95991

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "JoAnna" <pt4ever at y...> wrote:
> 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


Well, my POV as Sirius fan is highly biased, of course, but I don't 
find Kreacher' treatment of Sirius be incredibly kind either.

Now, don't get me wrong - I find House elves enslavement to be one of 
the most ugly features of WW, but really, if we were to look at how 
other masters treat their elves, I don't find Sirius' to be much 
worse. Lucius Malfoy is a different story, though.

Alla