Scapegoating Slytherin (was:Punishing Draco ) LONGish

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 144026

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_svirn" <a_svirn at y...> wrote:
> a_svirn:
> If the admission to Slytherin House restricted or at least ideally 
> should be restricted to the pureblood (and according to the Hat it 
> is), it means discrimination. Depends on how you see "the blood 
> problem" in the WW it may be racial or social discrimination. Bigotry 
> is just another (milder) term for it. Those purebloods who are not 
> bigots obviously choose other houses, don't they? It's all about 
> choices, after all.

We have seen, so far, three songs of the Hat about Sorting. (Cited by 
me in an earlier post to this thread.) In two of those three songs, 
blood status is not even mentioned. 

If the Sorting is just the Hat getting each child to make their choice, 
your pureblood bigots would surely choose Slytherin, as you say. It is 
the tradition in their families. But why would anyone else? Presumably 
because the House stands for other things which ARE appealing to some 
non-purebloods.

It seems to me that Sorting into Slytherin can occur for a number of 
reasons, being a purebllod bigot being only one. And probably, not even 
the most important one. It is certainly not a criterion all members 
have to meet.