Slytherin House again. Was: Re: Problem with OotP? (was: Pampering)

[Jeanette]

No: HPFGUIDX 118905



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> 
> Alla wrote:

> On the other hand, it is quite possible as someone recently 
pointed 
> out that the only reason Slytherin House is allowed to exist is in 
> order to keep all potentiall DE on display.
> 
> If it is true, I don't like it at all.

  I can see not liking it but I can also see that it would be a very 
good idea on many levels. Often people are drawn to what they see as 
the "dark mysterious".  If the wizards who seem to be headed that 
way are shut away from everyday life, not spoken of, are not just 
another fact of life, then they and the dark arts would have an 
added glamour.

   Also by having all types of student-wizards schooled together, 
each indivdual can see and interact with all kinds of mind-sets 
perhaps giving them a wider world-view.  Victor Krum is a case in 
point, one gets the feeling he did not see alot of non-dark wizards 
in his school/life, and when he did, he definitly preferred them.

  And there is the last practical, brutal, point, that yes it might 
be better to have potential dark wizards where they can be known 
rather than have them grow up hidden in dark corners. Also you can 
control what they are taught both magically and morally.

Jeanette