Sorting Hat - Slytherin Truth

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 115715


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kethryn" <kethryn at w...> wrote:
> 
> Me again -
> 
> If the Slytherins love purebloods so much and you can't hide
anything from the Sorting Hat, why oh why do halfbreeds end up in
Slytherin?  ... since ancestry is what caused Salazar to split from
Hogwarts, ...edited...
> 
> Kethryn


bboyminn:

First, there is no direct account of Salazar Slytherin /hating/
unpureblood. What we have stated as fact from reliable sources is that
S.Slytherin didn't /trust/ muggles, and given the intense level of
persecution of magical folk at that point in history, his feelings
were completely justified. Others apparently felt that once
muggle-borns and mixed-bloods were integrated into the magical world,
they would become one of /us/ and not betray the magic world.

So, Slytherin's view of /distrust/ was justified, but it wasn't share
by the other founders. Being out voted and unable to sway the others
to his point of view, he left rather than take the risk of
muggle/muggle-born/mixed-blood betrayal. Again, he held a reasonable
and justifiable position, but that position was far too conservative
for the other progressive and liberal founders. 

I think this created a seed of disent that other later wizards grabbed
onto and twisted to their own selfish selfserving ends. Just as
Islamic doctrine has been twisted to support positions that are
completely counter to true Islam, and just as corrupt Christians have
twisted Christian doctrine to meet their own greedy selfish corrupt
ends. Really, this selfserving corruption of doctrine and beliefs is a
very common tool of evil people in our world today and throughout
history, and exists in virtually all cultures.

So, given that it was more the /risk/ of making the wizard world known
to muggles that worried Slytherin than an actual hatred of
muggle/muggle-born/mixed-bloods, I don't see any reason why the modern
Sorting Hat would exclude less than purebloods from Slytherin. The
true prerequisites are cunning and ambition. 

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn (was bboy_mn)