S.P.E.W. Term XVII, Activity #2: The Logistics of Freeing House-Elves

[mandyloo.livejournal.com]

By popular demand, I bring you our next activity- a discussion!

Activity: The Logistics of Freeing House-Elves
Dates: Now until 11:59 pm July 12, MST (5:59 am July 13, UTC)
Points: 10 points for first comment, additional comments 2 points each, up to 30 points. Points for bonus items if you have them.
Details: Hermione was adamant about winning better working conditions, fair wages, and time off for House-Elves. But it takes more than wanting something to make it happen. How would you convince a house-elf that they needed to be free? How would you convince the Ministry that their freedom was necessary?

Initial comments (for 10 points) must be at least 4 sentences long. Additional comments should be at least 2 sentences.

Ideas for talking points:
~ What exactly should we change for House-elves?
~ How would you go about talking to this with the house-elves?
~ How would you bring this up with the Ministry?
~ How would you promote this with the general public?
~ Feel free to reply to others' initial comments when making your later comments. But please be polite! No bashing other people's ideas, but you don't have to agree with them either.

~ Sign each comment with your Name/House! Failure to do so means no points for you!

~ Remember, you must be on the roster to get points, so be sure to sign up before the activity ends!

kilobites , silvertigerx - you will each get +5 bonus points for suggesting this activity, if you participate! :)

Comments

[musikurt.livejournal.com]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has a famous quote associated with him that goes "Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." I think that even with SPEW advocating for better treatment for House Elves, it's going to be a difficult road until they themselves get involved in the discussion. By opening avenues to educate them and also engage them in determining what the best system would be to afford them humane treatment as well as ensuring that people aren't acting on their behalf to fight battles they don't want to be fought, hopefully a better and more effective solution can be devised. As long as House Elves don't object to their treatment (but is this really because they LIKE it??), it's going to be hard to convince some of the die-hards that they really want to be free.

Curtis//Ravenclaw

[kimberry531.livejournal.com]

I feel that even with education it would be hard to convince the Elves that they're being mistreated. To them, they've only known this for as long as history can tell. Out of curiosity, how would you suggest getting them interested in starting a movement when they have no desire for change?

Kimberly\Gryffindor
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