"Slytherin" Hermione?

[nearlyheadlessryan]

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> Magda wrote:
> Well, the problem I have with Hermione's actions is:
> if everything is so important and it's so vitally crucial that
> no one fink or rat out the group, then why on earth wouldn't
> you take more care in selecting who gets invited to join the 
> group in the first place?
>  
> That's where I think Hermione really went wrong; she should have 
> only asked a couple of people she trusted to recruit members and 
> checked each one over before they were actually invited to any 
> meeting.  Then maybe the daughter of a MoM employee might have 
> been weeded out at the beginning.

 
NearlyheadlessRyan: 
Everyone keeps talking about how Hermione should have been placed 
in Slytherin because of all the traits of Slytherin that she shows 
throughout the books, but in this instance she shows us why she 
wasn't chosen for Slytherin. When the four founders of Hogwarts split, 
it was because Salazar Slytherin wanted to be selective about who was 
allowed to attend Hogwarts, as far as the DA was concerned, Hermione 
was just the opposite and wanted to give all who wanted instruction, 
the oppertunity to learn. (Something I doubt that even Harry and 
especially Ron would have done willingly.) I know this won't end the 
debate about whether or not she was chosen for the right house, but 
I'm hoping that it will cut her some slack for a while.

Thanks, 
-NearlyheadlessRyan