Epilogue Bashing

[colebiancardi]

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> littleleahstill wrote:
> > I 
> > don't want to repeat what I've posted a few times but we just do not 
> > deal with the House problem, with the Slytherin problem; you still 
> > don't choose to go into Slytherin, so why is it still there? Then 
> > there is social justice, which is raised throughout the series, but 
> > is not dealt with adequately.
> 
> Tenne wrote:
>
> But you do choose to go into Slytherin.  If you don't want to be
placed there, the sorting hat will place you in another house.  It
happened to Harry and Harry tells his son that he can make the choice.
> Draco wanted to go to Slytherin and I imagine, so did most of the
other kids that ended up there.  Whether we like it or not, there will
always be bullies and people who are attracted to power and evil. 
These people are a fact of life and at least in the WW we know who
they are, they are in Slytherin.
> 
 
colebiancardi:

but, Snape's reasons for wanting to be in Slytherin was not because he
was evil or wanted power - remember he stated that he would rather be
brainy than brawny to James & Sirius on the train.  

So, to Slytherin's, it seems, that they view their House quite
differently from others.   James & Sirius were *bullies* when they
were at Hogwarts - Lupin states they would hex people in the hallways
and such and all those detentions!!  So, I don't think it is fair to
dump on the Slytherins here as bullies.  

Just because people are ambitious, doesn't mean they are evil & will
step over everyone to get to the top.  Slytherins are also described
by the Sorting Hat as clever and will help you achieve your goals.

Bullies are in all houses.  It isn't as simple as how JKR portrays it
in DH.