Wizard Government was Re: Lousy guardians (was Wands and Magic)

[joym999 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 15998

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> I think Neville and Harry should band together and demand that 
> Wizarding Youth Services provide them a decent home.

Amy raises an interesting point.  The wizard government is even worse 
than the muggle government in many ways.  Completely lacking in 
social services, even though they are clearly in desperate need of a 
Child Services Agency.  Their educational system seems to consist of 
exactly one secondary school per country -- no post-secondary 
schooling, and as far as we can tell no primary schools either.  
Their judicial system is horrendous -- people get life sentences in 
jail without even a trial, defendents dont seem to get lawyers (on 
the other hand the merits of a society without lawyers are obvious), 
people get their souls sucked out of them as punishment for their 
crimes by a simple order of the Minister, etc.  And how do they 
support their huge bureaucracy, anyway?  They dont seem to have any 
tax collectors.  I think the Ministry of Magic is in desperate need 
of reform.


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  "How come the Muggles don't hear the bus?" said Harry.
  "Them!" said Stan contemptuously.  "Don't listen properly, do 
they?  Don't look properly either.  Never notice nuffink, they don'."

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