Slug Club: Discussion [TERM XIII-VI]

[djmayhem-aubrey.livejournal.com]

Activity: Slug Club Discussion: Criteria for Slug Club Good or Bad?
Points: Long debate: Participation 10pts, Additional comment: 2pts
Deadline: Saturday, April 11 @ 11:59 PM EST.

Details: We all know how Slughorn chooses the members of his club. Now we face an interesting dilemma: some people think this is terribly selective. Some people think this is a good thing. This is not a debate. This is a discussion on what everyone thinks about Slughorn's criteria, and if there is anything you would personally do differently while keeping the ultimate goals of giving the Slug Clubbers' decent job prospects intact.




CLUB LEADER NOTE: Since I feel it needs to be said in light of some of the bollocks going on in other posts, if you cannot discuss something without getting your feelings hurt, this is probably NOT the activity for you. That said, do not personally attack anyone else for their opinions. We all have them, we are all entitled to them. I'll be watching the post and making sure things don't get out of hand.

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Comments

[valkyrie-lisa.livejournal.com]

My view of the Slug Club is that it's not so much an actual club as it is a gathering of, I don't know, teacher's pets, I suppose. In other words, it's not like The Elks or Boy Scouts or Masons where there are strict, written rules that must be obeyed and therefore those organizations can be held accountable by the public for their actions (such as when they refuse membership to certain demographic populations). It's more like an informal social gathering, though certainly with networking in mind, but with only one person deciding who's invited or who's not. As such, I think it's fair for Slughorn to invite whomever he wants. His requirements may be arbitrary or trivial, but I think that's his right.

Lisa//Slytherin

[painfullybored.livejournal.com]

I agree - there's no charter. They likely didn't take roll or vote on things. Slughorn wasn't grouping together a study group. There was something about the Slug Club party that sort of reminded me of Nearly Headless Nick's party - it was taking place in the school, but it was a purely activity. It's up to the host who to invite.

Lara//Slytherin

[malfoymercy.livejournal.com]

I would have to disagree on the teacher's pets theory. I don't think its like that at all. Slughorn and those in the club are basically just using one another to gain something, whether it be contacts in the future, new friends, popularity, the status of actually being in the club, what have you... I agree though that it is his club, therefore he should have full reign to do what he wants with it, especially invite or reject who he wants as well.

Becky//Slytherin