Pureblood attitudes and the word "racism" (Was: James...

[delwynmarch]

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Batchevra wrote :
> I don't think that people find ambition as bad or evil, it is how 
> you use it.

Del replies :
I disagree. Pretty much *anytime* in the potterverse the word
"ambition" is mentioned, it is in a negative way. I can't think of one
single person who's been described as ambitious and wasn't condemned
for it.

Batchevra wrote :
> It would be like someone who is going to the Olympics as an athlete,
> they have an ambition to be the best, win gold medals, but some 
> will step on people and pull them down while lifting themselves up, 
> while others will be curteous and cheer for others as they would 
> themselves.

Del replies :
The Hat knows that the Slytherins naturally belong to the first
category, it says so in one of his songs : those cunning folks will
use any means to achieve their goals, or something of that effect.

So why keep a system which puts all those kids together ? Why not
create a new system that will mix them with more noble-minded students
? Putting them together is almost *condemning* them to turn bad,
especially with the level of competition at Hogwarts. I mean, everyone
knows they won't hesitate to play dirty if they feel they have to, and
yet they are  put together in a House that actually favours them for
those precise traits ! As we say in France : we're walking on our
heads here !

Del