Elves, goblins, etc., was Re: Mudbloods

[Heather Moore]

No: HPFGUIDX 30563

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Philip Nel <philnel at k...> wrote:

<snip discussion of house elves, goblins, cabbages and kings>

> By definition, a prejudice is not justified.  The word means to 
judge beforehand, to judge without knowledge.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Phil Nel
> --


  Ah ha, well, now we're teetering into the realms of value 
clarification and the sticky problem of connotation vs denotation. As 
such is off-topic, I'll merely point out that semantic definitions 
*don't,* IMO, dictate the relative social/moral value. "Justified" is 
a bit of a loaded term here.

 -- Heather (uma)