Good Slytherins, one and all.... or not?

[Steve]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Eustace_Scrubb" <dk59us at y...>
wrote:
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> Eustace_Scrubb:
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> I agree with those who think that JKR's notes about Theodore Nott
> increase the chances that he'll turn up in some role in one of the
> next two books.
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> The real question is can one (or two or six) "Good Slytherins"
> effect the unity of the four houses, ...edited...
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> ...edited...
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> Cheers,
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> Eustace_Scrubb

bboy_mn:

In another part of this thread, it is pointed out that we have very
little canon by which to judge Theodore Nott, but I say that lack of
canon is the Canon by which we can attempt to judge him. 

Unless I'm mistake when Harry sees Nott with Draco and company in the
Library, it is Hermione who reminds Harry of who Nott is. Harry can't
have had much direct interaction with T.Nott or he would know who Nott
is. That tells me that Nott is not following Draco's lead in
persecuting, or at least, harrassing Harry. 

Harry, for the most part, only knows people who make it onto his radar
screen, and for that to happen, there has to be some significant
interaction between Harry and the person. Harry is well aware of he
Creevy brothers are because Colin is a source of annoyance and
embarassment for Harry. But there are many other Gryffindors that
never make it into the story or onto Harry's radar screen. Equally,
the majority of Slytherins never become know to Harry because, with
the exception of laughing at Draco's antics, they leave Harry alone,
and they also seem to leave Draco alone.

Point...?

Uniting the houses does not mean 100%. So, yes, one or two or six
Slytherins joining the fight for the greater good does represent
uniting the houses. No community is ever totally united. 

The main point regarding 'uniting' the houses is that the Slytherins
are invited to join; they are not, for example, excluded from the DA
Club as they were in OotP, and that some of them accept this
invitation. Some of them are free and independant enough thinkers that
they don't blindly follow the path or the person they are expected or
assumed to follow. 

I still say the economically, Slytherins are far better off siding
with Dumbledore than Voldemort. Oppressives regimes like the one I am
sure Voldemort will create, eventually crumble under the weight of
their own escalating corruption, greed, and oppression. Regardless of
a few minor exception, history has shown us that corrupt and
oppressive governments are doomed to failure. Tyranny is the architect
of it's own doom, and I have to believe that there are some Slytherins
smart enough and ambitions enough to see that. 

Just a thought.

bboy_mn