From: tsbrueni@dcn.davis.ca.us   
      
   On Friday, July 12, 2002 at 2:57:23 PM UTC-7, Rain Forests wrote:   
   > Nomaleek wrote:   
   > > Even though the sorting hat does seem a bit crummy (from what I saw   
   > > in the movie) it leads me to wonder whether or not the sorting hat   
   > > could possibly have part of the "spirit" of the original founders of   
   > > Hogwarts?  Much like how Tom Riddle in CoS has imbued his teen spirit   
   > > into the diary.  Because they way I see it, even though the houses   
   > > seem more or less an team spirit thing, in the past it would be the   
   > > founders who dictated which student goes into which house.  With the   
   > > maginally imbued sorting hat, they basically can be sorting them for   
   > > the rest of time.   
   >   
   > it is said in his song, that he received a brain from the 4 founders to be   
   > able to read in the minds and then tell each student where he/she has to go,   
   > instead of the founders...   
      
   If the Sorting Hat were placed on a criminal suspect's head, could it read his   
   guilt or innocence?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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