The Houses again

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 173574

---  juli17 at ... wrote:
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>  
> Anders wrote:
> I didn't read as much negativity into Jo's Slytherin
> descriptions as you seemed to get from them. To me, 
> she was showing us that there are all  kinds of people
> in this world, and some of them aren't as nice as 
> others, but there were also Slytherins who turned out
> good. ...
> 
>  
> Julie:
> You may be right, but where the real negativity comes
> in is from the  other Houses. They all hate Slytherins.
> They boo whenever anyone is sorted into Slytherin. 
> Slytherin is deliberately portrayed as the outcast 
> house (which I supposed made it a good fit for Snape!).
> To students in the other Houses, just being Slytherin 
> means you are undesirable, bad, "other." 
> 

bboyminn:

The question is, which came first the chicken or the 
egg? Do you really think Slytherins are sweet innocent
kids who have been wrongly put upon by the other houses,
or do you think Slytherin acted in a manner that made
them deserving of all the scorn they received?

Personally, I think Slytherin has created their own
alienation from the other houses. It is their own 
actions repeated over time that has given them an 
unsavory reputation. If they want to change their
reputation and the attitudes of others, they need to 
change their own actions. 

You reap what you sow. Slytherin has sown a lot of
contempt and self-proclaimed superiority, and now
they are reaping the scorn of the other Houses 
because of it. The blame falls squarely on their
shoulders, not on the other Houses. 

Slytherin House caused the problem, and if they 
choose to, they can cause the solution. Simple
as that.

Steve/bboyminn