The Falling-Out of the Hogwarts Four

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No: HPFGUIDX 126014


Steve:
Now to one very important point, we have NO real evidence that
Slytherin was the pureblood-Nazi he is made out to be. All we really 
know is that he didn't trust muggles, and given the times and
circumstances, that distrust was well founded, and note again, the
stakes were very high if anything went wrong.
 
(Much snippage)


Ffred:
I've speculated (can't remember if it was on-list or not) about this 
also.

<SNIP>

As Steve says, it's quite possible that others over the centuries 
have pinned their own political theories on Slytherin. I can 
criticise him for elitism, but, faced with the situation he was 
faced with, how many of us today would end up with Helga and how 
many with Salazar?


Alla:

I speculated about it too and while I think that Steve's post and 
Ffred's was very well-reasoned, I will hold off warm and fuzzy 
feelings towards dear Salazar for a while.

NO, I don't necessarily think that he was a pureblood Nazi, YES, it 
is possible that his prejudice towards muggle - borns was 
understandable because of external persecution, but some rational 
reasons can always be found by those who hold the said prejudice and 
I hold against the Salazar the fact that he started all that. He 
could have meant well ( and it is a possibility, I absolutely 
concede), he could have NOT, because as far as I can remember we 
have no eveidence yet that basilisk was left at school as defensive 
measure. ( I will eat my words, if someone points me to the contrary 
canon, of course, :)) And offensive measures against all muggle 
borns is not something that I can sympathize with under any 
circumstances.
Besides, I tend to take as true the  fact that real witches were 
able to escape persecution.

Maybe Salasar should have done better research before he started 
disliking muggle-borns. Again, I do think that  with centuries 
pureblood ideology significantly increased in hatred, maybe Salasar 
had good intentions and executed them badly, after all founders WERE 
best friends at one time.

But with the limited facts I have now, Salsar does not get much 
respect from me, except for the fact that he DID participate in 
foundation of Hogwarts.

This is of course just my opinion,

Alla