Slytherin (was Re: Problem with OotP?)

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 118995


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich 
<mgrantwich at y...> wrote:
> > Renee:
> > Was Phineas Nigellus reallyu a `good Slytherin'? He's called the 
> > worst Headmaster of Hogwarts ever. Isn't he (or his portrait)
> > honour-
> > bound to help the present Headmaster? What would he do if he
> > wasn't?
> 
> 
> Actually, Phineas was the "least popular" Headmaster ever, not the
> "worst".  
> 
> There is a distinction.  Popularity isn't everything.
> 
>Magda


Thanks for correcting me! But I'm not sure which of the two is more 
damning...

Renee