The permanent problem with Slytherin House

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No: HPFGUIDX 99244

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Rebecca Stephens <rsteph1981 at y...> wrote:
> 
> --- BrwNeil at a... wrote:
> > Slytherin House must cease to exist. :)
> 
> I think all houses must cease to exist.  The sorting
> hat says houses are bad, and I trust it.
> 


I wouldn't be so sure:

Live Web Chat 4th March 2004 -

Arianna: Can we believe everything the Sorting Hat  says?

JKR: The Sorting Hat is certainly sincere.

A very clever answer this and not one that enlightens us much.
It implies that the SH believes that what it says is true but that 
it could be honestly mistaken about the actual / future situation.

A belief can be sincerely held but may not necessarily be valid.
Now all we have to do is decide; bluff or double bluff by JKR?

Kneasy