Slytherins - evil or ambitious?

[B.G.]

No: HPFGUIDX 128015


While registering for a HP conference recently, I was asked to 
complete a questionaire to be sorted into a House.  I expect to 
be in Gryffindor or Ravenclaw but don't take it too seriously as 
it is all in great fun.  I'd proudly wear the Hufflepuff colors 
as well but I'm probably not mild tempered enough.  Then the 
question came, how would I feel to be placed into Slytherin?  

I'd never really thought about Slytherin except for it's place 
in the books.  Slytherins are ambitious and some are overly so 
but evil? They are "cunning and will use any means to achieve 
their ends" (JKR).  Malfoy uses Goyle and Crabbe to get what he 
wants.  Goyle and Crabbe get what they want by using Malfoy.  
Others may use various means including wealth, intellegence, 
strength, the list is endless.  Loyalty and friendship are not 
biggies in this House but I'm sure they exist.  

This thought process brings me back to the books:  Some of the 
Slytherins will join with the other Houses as a means to meet 
their ends.  What ends?  Survival without going over to the Dark 
Lord.  

"B.G."