A pet theory concerning magic in the real world.

[Haggridd]

No: HPFGUIDX 17942

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., eggonmyhead at h... wrote:
> I am new to this board - so hello everyone.
> 
> This is a pet theory I have been harbouring for some time, and have 
> tried out on a few people and developed.  Basically it is an 
> explanation for those who insist on believing that J.K. Rowling must 
> have got her ideas from somewhere.  Basically, my problem is that we 
> are never told how the muggle killings that characterised voldemorts 
> reign were explained - memory charms cannot surely destroy memories 
> of loved ones.  My idea is that as the muggle prime minister is in 
> contact with the minister for magic, the magic minister (mm) aranged 
> with the prime inister (pm) so that all the troubles in northern 
> Ieland of the seventies and eighties were invented - therefore any 
> killing was as a result of magic - and the troubles were invented as 
> an excuse - to stop any muggles getting suspicious.  The few 
> terrorist activitis were commited by death eaters - unwilling to 
> admit defeat - the recent rise of voldemort would explain the recent 
> upsurge in terrorist activity.
> 
> Make of it what you will - I rather like it.

I like it too, t.g.  The chronology fits within that of the canon, and 
the unexplained bombongs leave the possibility open.

Haggridd