Oh, yes - the chapter itself.
I noticed more than a few references to the Slytherins being not the nicest people in the Wizarding World - "putting the first-years in their place" (or words to that effect) being one of them. (Yes, I know there are probably some decent Slytherins out there. We haven't seen (m)any in this story, though.) There was also the comment about the Sorting Hat keeping the numbers roughly even in the four Houses. House Slytherin might be facilitating a cycle of bullying/cruelty/sadism/whatever-one-calls-it, but why would the Hat send youngsters to that House to enable the cycle?
Is this something that Doug would notice? I'm sure that he would Do Something About It if he does notice...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
I noticed more than a few references to the Slytherins being not the nicest people in the Wizarding World - "putting the first-years in their place" (or words to that effect) being one of them. (Yes, I know there are probably some decent Slytherins out there. We haven't seen (m)any in this story, though.) There was also the comment about the Sorting Hat keeping the numbers roughly even in the four Houses. House Slytherin might be facilitating a cycle of bullying/cruelty/sadism/whatever-one-calls-it, but why would the Hat send youngsters to that House to enable the cycle?
Is this something that Doug would notice? I'm sure that he would Do Something About It if he does notice...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012