Scapegoating Slytherin (was:Punishing Draco ) LONGish

[juli17 at aol.com]

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Alla:

Hee, I was not sure it needs addressing. I am not really  arguing 
against the unity of all four houses, you know. Harry also has a  lot 
of qualities from different houses, no argument from me here  
either. :-)

What I am arguing against is that Slytherin House  stands on equal 
footing with other three houses, where admission of their  mistakes 
needs to be done.

IMO, Slytherin has much more amends to  make and right the wrongs AND 
cross out the "pureblood supremacy" from  their beliefs.

But could that be done that easily? I don't  know.



Julie:
I may be confused, but you are saying that Slytherin, the  *House*,
has to make amends and right wrongs, as well as cross out pureblood 
supremacy from their beliefs, correct? To which question is, just  WHO
is Slytherin House? My understanding is that Slytherin House consists 
of dozens of CHILDREN, along with one professor who is the House
advisor. So who is to make amends and right the wrongs of Slytherin 
House, and rewrite the House charter to delete all mention  of incorrect
ideologies? The children? The advising professor (Snape, for most of  the
books)? The Headmaster of Hogwarts? The school board or  similar
institution, should there be one?
 
I'm not questioning that the codes and mores of Slytherin House could
use some revising (it may be true for *all* the Houses), just that  this 
duty shouldn't fall on "Slytherin House"--i.e., a bunch of children--but  on
the adults (be they professors, headmaster, board members, etc)  who
run Hogwarts and who have allowed--nay, encouraged--this situation to
grow and fester. Equally, if any amends are to be made and wrongs 
righted, that should come from those same people. The children  are
simply the victims of the system, at least while they are still  children.
 
Julie
(who is very uncomfortable with the idea of Slytherin House being
the repository of evil-leaning children, who by the very sorting  process
are all but *forced* to embrace their worst tendencies, in which case 
the WW deserves everything it gets)





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