[HPforGrownups] Re: house elves

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 102346


That's all very well, Hermione's good intentions to help with the house 
elf situation, but what if Ron has a point?  Maybe he's being way too
complacent, but what if there is something to what he says?  Remember, 
house elves do have their own brand of magic, and, I suppose when push 
comes to shove, they know how to use it.  What if they do live to serve?  
Now, poor Winky has really been abused most horribly, and she can't be 
the only case, but what if Ron's just a little bit right?  How do you 
work it so both elves and wizards have a win-win situation?  

June

Sherry

You don't.  Slavery is wrong and house elves are slaves.  If that ends up
being right in these books, then everything else in them has been a lie.
We're seeing all this from Harry's point of view.  We're taught it's bad to
hate muggles or muggle borns, it's bad to hate werewolves, to judge them
simply because they are a werewolf--or a giant or half-giant.  You can't
then turn around and tell me--and I mean the person telling the story, not
you, June--that it's ok to enslave a magical race.  If wizards and elves
need a win-win situation, then elves can work and be paid.  Hmmm.  Guess I
sound  little like Hermione, don't I?

Sherry