Sorting Hat - Slytherin Truth -Additional Thought

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 115719


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:
> 
> --- 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:
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> 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, ...
> 
> 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. ...edited..
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> Steve/bboyminn (was bboy_mn)

bboyminn:

This thought just occured to me. Can we assume that up until Slytherin
left each of the Founders chose their own students? If that is true,
then would it imply that the Sorting Hat wasn't created until after
Slytherin left? Extendng the premise, if true then how could Slytherin
have participated in the Hats creation? It was, afteral, created by
the founders for a time when the founders would no longer be around to
make the choice themselves. That would imply a time after Slytherin
left and indeed after the other founders were gone and probably in
their graves.

If Slytherin wasn't personally involved, and only some essense of
himself was applied to the Hat by the remaining founder then that
could easily explain the lack of a /pureblood/ bias by the Sorting Hat.

It's a factor to consider, but I still stand by my original statement
that Slytherin /hating/ unpureblood is a selfserving distortion added
by others.

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn (was bboy_mn)