Generations in the Wizarding World(and how war affects us)

[Scott]

<snipe wonderful generations post>
Ebony wrote:
>Perhaps the question I should be asking is, "Anyone still reading?"  
>In the words of the immortal Eeyore, "Thanks for noticin' me."

--Still reading?!?! I think a better question would be whether our 
mouths are still hanging open in awe at the thought provoking nature 
of your always excellent posts! 

I wasn't sure how to respond to your post at first. According to 
those dates I am literally an Xer by a few months (May 1984), but I 
still count myself among the ranks of the Millenials. I've grown-up 
(so far) without the real threat of war. We read about it in the 
history books, but that's about as dry as one of Binns lectures. We 
don't really know the realities of war, and how it affects society. 
How is my generation "lucky", and "unlucky" for not knowing that 
reality? How are we different from other generations? I didn't know 
where to start, so I asked my grandmother.

My grandmother (who lives with us so she's a handy source of 
information) was born in the twenties, and therefore is clearly part 
of "The Greatest Generation". I'm sure that at least the Americans on 
the list have seen the news reports about the D-Day memorial just 
unveiled in Bedford Virginia. Well that's where my grandmother is 
from, and as the story spun on the news she said "I knew those 
people." 

But she also said that for the most part WWII didn't really affect 
her, at least until Pearl Harbour. Sure they had rations and they 
heard the updates on the wireless, but (she was 13/14 at the time) 
how much a reality could the war be to kids who are living thousands 
of miles away? 

What about the Wizarding populations of countries outside or Europe?
(Or outside of Britain. Karkaroff's the only non-brit DE of which we 
know.) How did they deal with VWI? Was it a non-issue? Like Americans 
entering WWII after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour, did the other 
nations of Europe ever enter VWI? Hmmm...

Overall I'm glad that I'm living now, but I have friends that range 
from 10-70 so in a sense I do agree with your mother Ebony. We're all 
different according to our experiences and the times we live in, but 
when it comes down to it we're the same people at heart.

Scott