...the prison of Privet Drive

Mon Jul 31 02:05:00 UTC 2000

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From: catlady_de_los_angeles
Subject: Re: ...the prison of Privet Drive
Reply To: [Yahoo! #5315] Re: ...the prison of Privet Drive
Date: 7/30/00 10:05 pm  (ET)

> I also wonder why the MoM wasn't more alert to the underage magic
going on at Harry's [muggle] school and in other places (the zoo). When
he turned his teacher's wig blue and spirited himself onto the roof, for
example, shouldn't they have investigated? Surely that type of magic in
a child who doesn't even know he is a wizard (especially one they know
is extremely powerful) would be a dead giveaway to the muggles!

I think that MoM's laws (against underage magic, enchanting muggle
artifacts, unlicensed animagi, etc) are mostly just a bunch of hot air.