"Mudblood"

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)
<catlady at w...>" <catlady at w...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Audra1976 at a... wrote:
> 
> > slightly..."muudblooood."  Try it!  I even entered the Sunday night
> > chat last night saying, "'Sup, Mudbloods?"  Nobody commented 
> > whether they liked that or not.  
> 
> I assumed that you were humorously referring to your post on that 
> thread here in OT, and I assumed that everyone else assumed the 
> same thing, and I was torn between a small smile of laughter and a 
> small moue of disapproval. That means, the joke *was* funny but I 
> don't agree with your position.

bboy_mn: 

I think I have to finally chime in on this subject in general.

Muggle-born is a statement of fact. 
If your parents are muggles, then you are a muggle-born, just like if
your ancestors and parents are Spanish then you are born of Spanish
decent; Spanish-born.

Mudblood is a statement of someone's derogatory and insulting opinion. 
While we can use it because it is a fake word about fictional people,
it is still not an true or accurate description, or a proper
description, and it is derogatory and insulting. 

The words when used properly and in context are not interchangable. We
may interchange them casually because it's difficult to insult someone
who doesn't exist, but none the less, they are not interchangable.

Free world...
Free choice...

Do what you want.

State a fact or use an insult. Totally up to you.

That's all I have to say on this subject.

bboy_mn