[HPforGrownups] Re: Tom Riddle

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 2934


----- Original Message -----
From: <foxmoth at qnet.com>
To: <HPforGrownups at egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 10:31 AM
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Tom Riddle


> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> > foxmoth at q... wrote:
> >
> > >  As for the History of Magic classes, it always annoyed me in High
> > > School that we seldom even got to the twentieth century. I always had
> > > the impression it was deliberate...too many issues about which the
> > > "judgement of history" was still in doubt.  Possibly wizarding school
> > > history courses suffer from the same fault.
> >
> > Well, they *do* still have three years to go. Possibly all the recent
things,
> > since they involved so much mayhem, are slotted to be covered in later,
more
> > mature years.....?
> >
> > --Amanda
> Possibly. However don't you think anyone's parents, ie Ministry of
> Magic officials,
> would be upset about an essay question like "The Ministry's handling of
> the Voldemort crisis was totally incompetent. Discuss" ??? Far safer to
> stick to the goblin rebellion of whatever.

And if we use a Muggles analogy: biogaphies of Adolph Hilter, while clearly
indispensible for an understanding of 20th century history, have also at
times inspired sundry crackpots, lunatics and fanatics to emulate him.  In
the Wizarding Community, it may be felt that there are a great number of
potential converts to the Dark Arts out there,  so the less said about
Riddle/Voldy, the better.  That would seem the case from the ingrained habit
of referring to Voldy as "You-Know Who"

    - CMC