Satine hated contradicting others...she just really was one of those people that thought everyone had a right to their opinions and it wasn't her job in life to shove her opinions or views down others throats, but this was the final and the only way to pass the class...she swallowed her niceness and decided to take a stand that she didn't necessarily agreed with but that no one had taken.
She stood up with her parchment in hand,
"I'm Satine and I'm going to represent an organization that hasn't been defended or given their two cents yet. I'm representing SPEW, which many of you know fight for the well-being of house elves and other magical creatures first and also fight for elves to have a say in their freedom, which goes hand in hand with what the advocates for elves staying the way they are have already presented." she paused for a minute and glanced at her notes about the other's comments and then continued.
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Cope stood next. "My name is Copernicus Kettleburn, and I speak today on behalf of the house elves. For all that our excellent debate over the years has centered on the rights and privileges of the elves, it seems to me that perhaps we are ignoring one very crucial aspect of the debate... what do the house elves want?"
He paused, letting the question sink in before continuing on with his point. "How very selfish and self-serving of us as wizards and witches to assume that we know best, and that the rights and responsibilities we demand for ourselves are the very same rights that a house elf would want. How egotistical we are to speak for creatures with mouths and minds to do so. I challenge every person in this room to go to take a poll of house elves, and I assure you that resoundingly, we will hear they don't seek change. They don't demand rights. As my classmate stated, obviously we must provide certain basic standards of care for our house elf population, but if we are truly giving them what they want... then we would leave the house elves alone to complete the mission they have set so clearly for themselves. Thank you."
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Satine turned to face Copernicus, whom she had only met once this term...she was very nervous because he was an excellent speaker and his words were almost perfect like from a poem or something...plus she hated confronting people she didn't know because you never knew how they were going to react...she put a smile on her face.
"Copernicus?" she said nodding his way,
"You bring up some great points in your comments, but one that bothers me the most is the "leave the house elves along to complete the mission they have set so clearly for themselves." One thing you need to remember is that the elves' mission was set up by wizards ages ago and they have only been conned into thinking that they are here on this earth to serve us in every endeavor that we have through countless decades of having that pushed into their brains...it's an obvious form of brainwashing....so yes, they may today think that their mission is to serve the wizarding community, but we created this issue and it was forced on them decades ago. They know no better and are afraid to stand up against the wizarding society after all of these years. In essence, we created this subservient culture against their will many decades and centuries ago and after so many loses in the battle, the house elves have just succumbed to taking care of our needs and now that's all they know. SPEW is here to help them fully understand their rights and their heritage which hasn't always included servitude." she hoped that sounded okay and not too confusing.
She glanced back down at her notes and swung her glance to her next person on the list.