[HPforGrownups] House-Elf Justice (was Re: Kreacher - workable solutions?)

[Laura Ingalls Huntley]

No: HPFGUIDX 129601

a_svirn:
> And I must say I cannot
> agree with your unconventional construction of the word "servant".
> Neither would Dobby, by the way – he calls himself an "employee".

Unconventional construction?  I hardly think the definition of the word 
itself could be called "unconventional".  There is a *huge* difference 
between being a slave and being a servant, the most important of which 
is that a servant is *free*.  I agree that the idea of serving others 
as a career has been demonized by Western culture, but the fact remains 
that a servant is by no means a slave.

Don't make me go get a dictionary. ^_~

Laura
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