Insanely long and detailed reply (was Relationship between the Muggle & the Wizarding World)

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> 
> > Additionally, I don't know how the Muggle kids survive without the
> > electronic pastimes out kids can't be without. No TV. No movies. 
No
> > computers. No electronic games. No Nintendo. It is highly 
unrealistic
> > to expect all of the Wizarding kiddies to sit and read or play 
card
> > games
> > all day. What a highly boring life. Why would a child want to have
> > such a life when there is such an exciting electronic life out 
there?
> 
> How old *are* you, dear? This is a ridiculous statement. Nobody ever
> died of boredom before these things were invented. Children sit and 
read
> and played games, or they had jobs or chores to do, or they pursued
> hobbies. Have you never heard of what many families do now, National
> Turn It Off or something, where families try to do family activities
> instead of gravitate to the TV? Honest, people had interesting, full
> lives even before 1950.
> 


Oh c'mon..you're not really saying that it's illegal not to have a 
telephone..we have one but don't answer it...courtesy of caller id..
do you really think reading and playing card games isn't as much fun 
as Nintendo?

Ya know, I like computer games, I love my computer...but when I grew 
up we played lots of card games (go fish, war, canasta, hearts, 
bridge) and did a ton of reading.....in my house right now we don't 
have computer games for kids or tv, we read out loud, we go for 
walks, we discuss the birds....do you really think Nintendo is better 
than reading?  You've got to be kidding...truly, you were joking?

Susan