[HPforGrownups] Re: Slytherin Ideology, in context

[Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force]

No: HPFGUIDX 100291

| From: ohneill_2001
| Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 0:50 AM
[Eric writes]:
| > If there ever comes a time when Wizard and Muggle values clash---can
| > Hermione be trusted, even if the wizards are in the right?  She's
| > gone on with her house-elves'-rights campaign in the face of repeated
| > evidence that the house elves, themselves, do not _want_ to be free.
| > I'd think seeing how crushed Winky was would have gotten through to
| > her, but our Hermione is not one to let a little thing like evidence
| > get in the way. *snip*
|
[ohneill_2001 responds]:
| But why do you see that as a Muggle trait?  Do you think there aren't
| others in the Wizarding world who can be just as stubborn when they
| believe they are right about something?


[Lee, chuckling]:
Can we say "Hagrid?"  He's so intent upon saving Grawp that he'll do just
about anything.  He's ticked off the Centaurs, he's enlisted Harry and
Hermione's help, etc. <Grin.  I'd call that a form of stubbornness...at the
very least.

We do know that Dd does understand Hermione's thinking about house elves
and, in his own way, shows respect for them by honoring Dobby's request for
salary, etc.

Cheers,

Lee :-)

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