Scapegoating Slytherin (was:Punishing Draco )

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 144119

pippin wrote:

> Slughorn says he used to tell Lily that she should have been in his 
House,
> so it appears that Slytherin itself is less discriminatory than a lot 
of wizarding
> institutions with supposedly Slytherin attitudes. Tom tells Slughorn 
he'd
> be held back by his background at the Ministry--well, it obviously 
wasn't
> holding him back in Slytherin House. 

Great post, Pippin!

I just love this one point. I've believed for ever that there can be 
Muggleborns in Slytherin House, since it has never been stated 
otherwise. And here we have the Head of that House telling a Muggleborn 
that she ought to have been in his House. If it had never happened, or 
was impossilbe, why would he say this?