"Slytherin" Hermione? (was Re: The Beetle At Bay)

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 112183

Theotokos:
>  
> Hermione is courageous.  Courage isn't necessarily nicey-nice.  To 
be clever 
> and strategic is not necessarily to be cunning.
> 

Potioncat:
Does that imply that to be cunning is bad?  My dictionery says 
cunning: skillful in cheating or tricking.  Ok, so Slytherins cheat 
and Gryffindors trick?  

If we agree that Hermione's treatment of Rita was justified, does 
that make it any less cunning?  My point in saying Hermione has 
Slytherin traits is to say that Slytherin traits aren't always bad.