Why did the founders retain Slytherin's house?

[olivierfouquet2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 117857


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
> 
> 
> > Alla wrote :
> > "Yes, "I never liked horses" is very bad remark, very bad. :)"
> > 
> > Del replies : 
> > I never understood that one ! It doesn't make any sense to me. 
> Unless maybe JKR was precisely trying to show us that fighting 
> racism necessitates a major change of mindset ? <
> 
> Exactly. Muggleborn Hermione must have a whole lot of neurons 
> associating "horse-shaped" with "beast"  which unfortunately 
> doesn't fit the reality of her new environment.  She can't counter 
> the effect because she isn't even aware of it, though the 
> encounter at the end of  OOP may have raised her 
> consciousness somewhat.
> 
> 
> Pippin

Olivier

Only me, but I read it as a subtle sex-joke, one of course that could not be explained 
more clearly. While the other girls fantasize about Firenze, Hermione shows cleverly that 
she knows why it is rather pointless to have fantasies about him.