Does JKR want us to hate Draco? (was: Re: Admonishing Snape)

[pippin_999]

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> Betsy:
  But again, *how* can  they find such positive traits in that house 
or those characters  *unless* JKR put them there *herself*.

Pippin:

I think she wants the readers  to feel sorry for Draco, without losing
sight of the fact that much about him is warped and dangerous, and
growing more so. I don't  think she wants us to find him totally
repulsive. 

On the website she calls it an  excellent personal philosophy not to
think people are all good or all bad,  but notes that it's difficult
to put
into practice.  (FAQ question on Sirius).

I think she's a little worried that those who see the good in Draco 
or in Snape may blind themselves to the evil, or even romanticize it,
and she wouldn't want  to think she'd encouraged them to do that. 
I think she understands the appeal of the bad boy fantasy all too
well,  and wants to remind her readers, especially young ones, that 
it's not the sort of dream you can make come true.

Pippin