I know some UK-republicans (was: The permanent problem )

[Sea Change]

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     Nora wrote:
 
N> Most all who identify with Slytherin identify with the cunning and 
N> ambitious descriptions, which can be either good or bad--let's be 
N> fair and call them neutral.  But Slytherin has another qualifier 
N> which **cannot be whitewashed out of existence**.
 
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N> -every single one I've read has ducked the issue of essentialism.

    [snip by Sea Change]
 
N> Slytherin demands specific qualities AND the blood requirement.  


 
N> Slytherin House must cease to exist. :)

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     Sea Change, with a brush full of whitewash:


I know some Unitedkingdomese republicans (little r, not like the
American political party).  For the Americans on this thread, I should
point out that little 'r' republicans of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland have a main goal of eliminating the
monarchy and making their country a republic.

One particular Welshbeing I know was of the opinion that his royals
were so delightful to us americans was because while we generally
approved of *someone* observing this quaint and historical custom, we
didn't have to live with them.  I got sent a number of links to
various BBCi articles, and indeed, there were plenty of Real Life
Crabbes and Goyles for every one of your Lady Shirleys (a Malfoy
indeed!).  

***See!  I'm on topic!***

I'm gonna gloss over the discussion of whether or not Slytherin can
contain muggleborns or not, we've discussed this at length, and
everyone agrees there's at least one canon instance (Tom himself) who
isn't pureblood.

A millenium ago, Slytherin definitely had to live in a world
chock-full of these retarded nobles, which the Welshcreature had
informed me about.  If Slytherin values purebloodedness so much more
than Cleverness and Ambition, given his fictional-life experiences of
them, just how clever could he possibly have been?  Given the Crabbes
Goyles and other DEs dumb enough to succumb to Voldemort's
does-everything-wrong-from-the-Evil-Overlord-Handbook blandishments,
it can't *possibly* be a successful long-term strategy.



Sea Change, who owns his Jungian Shadow of evil, compensates just fine
for it in a civilized society, and doesn't mind if there's never an
ETG!Slytherin