Slytherin Mind & Blood ... was: Crabbengoyle / Socks /...

[bboyminn]

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---  "Catlady (Rita Prince" <catlady at ...> wrote:
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> Joey wrote in <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/
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> << these traits fit Snape seeing how he handled LV to achieve his goal; he was quite ambitious when he was young, yes; of course, he is a pure blood. >>

Catlady replies: 
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> Snape is a Half Blood if his mother's husband Tobias Snape was his father. ...
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bboyminn:

We all know the Sorting Hat said in its song that Slytherin and Slytherin House took people whose blood was purest. But in a practical sense, we know that isn't true. We know many half and mixed bloods were allowed in that we know of, and I suspect beyond the mixed bloods we know of, there were probably many more.

I don't think the Sorting Hat picks people strictly on Pure blood, but on a certain Pure Blood mentality. As we know, there are extremely few true purebloods around. Plus this isn't the only Slytherin requirement, there is a degree of cunning, ambition, and similar traits. 

So, I think the conscious or subconscious sense of the superiority of magic blood is all that is needed. You need a 'pureblood' mind, but not necessarily a pureblood body. 

Steve/bboyminn