Mudbloods, Halfbloods, and Purebloods (long)

[Joanne0012 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 30651

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., raolin1 at h... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Joanne0012 at a... wrote:
>>  Remember, the wizarding world is hiding 
>> from muggles 
> > because of persecution, 
> 
> As a point of nit-pickiness, we don't actually know that this is why 
> the wizarding world is hidden.  Arthur Weasley says it's because 
> wizards don't want to be bothered with coming up with magical 
> solutions for everybodies problems, although that's likely a 
> simplistic view.

I think Arthur is protecting the kids when he says this.   If you don't have 
access to a  copy of Bagshot's "History of Magic,": you can check page xv of 
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them" for a discussion of "the dark days 
that preceded wizards' retreat into hiding" that led to the summit of 1692 and 
the resulting International Code of Wizarding Secrecy.