Good and bad expression of house traits (Was Nice vs. Good)

[Randy]

No: HPFGUIDX 153066

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_svirn" <a_svirn at ...> wrote:
>
> > houyhnhnm:
> > 
> > I have been intrigued by Rowling's statement that the four houses
> > represent the four elements.  In astrology, each of the three signs
> > associated with a particular element has its negative and positive
> > expression, but no sign is superior to any other.
> > 
BIG   SNIP


> As for Ravenclaw, I'd say eccentricity is the vice of the 
> intellectual. Usually eccentricity is a price for living chiefly in 
> one's own head. So Luna is a "bad Ravenclaw" in a way, even though 
> we all quite like her. Eccentricity is a vice that is easy to 
> absolve.
>


But wasn't it Goldwater who said "Eccentricity in the defense of 
Liberty is not a Vice !"  ;0)

Besides, Eccentricity would probably describe everyone on this list.

Randy