Who can be in Slytherin Was: Re: Greatest Fear/greatest Hope

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A-Mac:
 
I have this vague memory of a Slytherin that was not a pure blood. 
I'm sure that he she or it was ridiculed in some way, does anyone 
 know what I am speaking of.
 
Alla:
Yes, but what does it prove, if I may ask? Tom was a half blood, 
so theoretically Slytherins could be half bloods (I sincerely that 
they could be muggleborns, but in theory anything is possible)
What determinitive is a mindset, IMO, or at least a predisposition 
to certain way of thinking.
I can see a half-blood wisard thinking that purebloods are better 
than everybody else quite clearly. It is harder to iamgine 
 muggleborn doing so.


A-Mac:

People generalize that all Slytherins are pure bloods and all 
Slytherins share the same mindset. I was merely showing that if they 
aren't all pure bloods then they might not all have the same mindset.


Alla:

OK, thank you. But you were showing that Slytherins may not share 
same mindset and using Tom Riddle as an example? 



Alla