Prophecy Pub/Less Than The Meanest Ghost/Black Family Tree

[nrenka]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:

> Pippin:

> The Hat contains the brains of the younger Slytherin, the one who
> who helped found a school where Muggleborns could study 
> magic. He must have been more flexible and tolerant than the
> person who left the basilisk in the Chamber.

Ummm, could you cite me canon for the time of the creation of the Hat, 
and that this necessarily involved a younger Slytherin, and a younger 
Slytherin was genuinely more tolerant?  I suppose it's possible that he 
was 'more tolerant' at one time.  He was a Founder of the school 
wherein the other three took Muggleborns, but he certainly could have 
always had his beliefs (and just not expressed them as strongly).  
Meets at least one definition of tolerance, but isn't too impressive.

I find it hard to extrapolate a solid timeline from the Hat's poetry.  
I wonder how this would mesh with all of the 'Hat: Tool of Someone' 
theories...

-Nora tries hard not to equate it with another endless timeline 
argument which will show up in class in about four weeks