Your mother is of course a very astute and shrewd judge of society; it should be no surprise that I agree with her on many of your points. Your suggestion regarding bringing in guests who have accomplished impressive goals despite their blood status is exactly the sort of activity we hope to achieve with this programme.
When it comes to hiring a halfblood, much depends on the sort of work being performed and as you say, the character of the individual. That is precisely why this programme aims to imbue its participants with a respectability that is as near as can be to that of a pureblood. It may well be the case that a hiring official has no choice but to hire a halfblood, often because the work is beneath any qualified pureblood or because there are simply no applicants. The question then becomes, which one? Since, as you say, there are halfbloods who have managed to rise higher than their station, it cannot be the case that one is just as good (or bad) as another (as one might say of muggles). I might also remind you that a pedigree is not necessarily the only indicator of trustworthiness, competence, probity, or even the tendency to complain! Our goal is of course to encourage these select halfbloods to make the most of themselves but, more importantly, to provide the community-at-large with a simple device to help them identify halfbloods who have been adjudged to be worthy, saving many a pureblood from needless worry and doubt when considering their merits.
Nothing can entirely erase the taint of non-magical blood, Mr Zabini, that is true. However, the Daughters and Brothers remain hopeful that with the proper conditioning, some few of your halfblood schoolmates may be redeemed of all but the one circumstance they cannot control: their births.
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Re: Private Message to Mrs Malfoy
Date: 2010-09-29 02:51 pm (UTC)Your mother is of course a very astute and shrewd judge of society; it should be no surprise that I agree with her on many of your points. Your suggestion regarding bringing in guests who have accomplished impressive goals despite their blood status is exactly the sort of activity we hope to achieve with this programme.
When it comes to hiring a halfblood, much depends on the sort of work being performed and as you say, the character of the individual. That is precisely why this programme aims to imbue its participants with a respectability that is as near as can be to that of a pureblood. It may well be the case that a hiring official has no choice but to hire a halfblood, often because the work is beneath any qualified pureblood or because there are simply no applicants. The question then becomes, which one? Since, as you say, there are halfbloods who have managed to rise higher than their station, it cannot be the case that one is just as good (or bad) as another (as one might say of muggles). I might also remind you that a pedigree is not necessarily the only indicator of trustworthiness, competence, probity, or even the tendency to complain! Our goal is of course to encourage these select halfbloods to make the most of themselves but, more importantly, to provide the community-at-large with a simple device to help them identify halfbloods who have been adjudged to be worthy, saving many a pureblood from needless worry and doubt when considering their merits.
Nothing can entirely erase the taint of non-magical blood, Mr Zabini, that is true. However, the Daughters and Brothers remain hopeful that with the proper conditioning, some few of your halfblood schoolmates may be redeemed of all but the one circumstance they cannot control: their births.