Wizard Persecution (was: The Falling-Out of the Hogwarts Four)

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 126123


> Valky:
> > Without assuming that Binnsy has read it cover to cover and 
> > nitpicked the fine detail, personally (he certainly has had plenty 
> > of time on his hands for doing so..) we can yet find that some 
> > creedence to it's authority or author would rather likely be paid 
> > by Professor Binns or else why would he choose it.
> > 
> Lindsay:
> I haven't met a teacher to date who had any direct control over the
> books they taught out of.  Perhaps it is different in the UK, but 
> most books over here are chosen by either the board or district or 
> the principal .... edited....
> So it may not even be a matter under Binns's control.  Umbridge
> excluded - she had a bit more control over these things than Binns
> does.  Dumbledore, the Board of Governors, even the Ministry may be
> the ones controlling the student book list. 

Valky:
Fair point, but it doesn't explain nine Gilderoy Lockhart's for DADA
in second year. It seems entirely possible that the teachers do set
the texts, given that.
I don't know about UK but I think in Australia that there is some
cases where the Lecturer/Teacher is allowed to set the text as he/she
sees fit particularly in college education.

On the rest we seem to relatively (there's that word again) agree
about it all, Though we weigh the Basilisk vs Distrust slightly
differently.
And although we both agree we are going to be surprised by the real
Salazar (I haven't said so directly but that is what I was getting at)
there is some distinction between what is the most likely hairpin
direction for his character in a future book.


> 
> Alla:
> Again, I do wonder what happened that made Salasar distrust of
> Muggleborns increase so drastically that he started insisting that
> Muggleborns should not be allowed into Hogwarts AT ALL?
> 
> Lindsay:
> It makes me wonder, too.  :)

Valky:
Like Alla, I had some thoughts about, possibly, that Salazar had a
personal tragedy in his own history that pushed him toward the abyss
of his reasoning. It seems likely. 

But what could that be? Can we use Wendelin the Weird to rule out his
parents/loved ones having been burned at the stake? Or shouldn't we
rule that out at all.