Mudbloods and Nukes/[& muggle awareness]

[chthonia9]

No: HPFGUIDX 47678

rinceceol wrote:

>I'm so glad to finally see someone else draw the comparison between 
>the words "mudblood" and "nigger."  To me, it was always obvious how 
>derogatory they were trying to make that word seem, but I've read so 
>much fanfiction that uses the word "mudblood" as a neutral 
>description for a muggle-born witch/wizard, that I've wanted to 
>scream.

Agreed. I wonder though, how aware the pure-blood lot are of the 
magnititude of the impact of the term?  Draco obviously *is* using it 
as an insult, but there might be many families that use it casually 
amoung themselves, either because they actively hate erm, half-
bloods? [what is the politically correct term here?], or because they 
are unconscious racists. In these cases their offspring may not 
realise how vile a term it is until they meet someone who gets upset 
by it...

 
rinceceol also wrote:
>we've not really seen any evidence that even the most intelligent of 
>Wizards has any useful knowledge of the Muggle world. Look at Arthur 
>Weasley!  He's head of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts office, and he 
>doesn't seem to have a clue, honestly.  Astonishing, really, when 
>you think about the number of muggle-born wizards and witches there 
>are out there.

Yes, this is something that has always astonished me as well.  Who's 
teaching their Muggle studies classes, anyhow?  Surely there were 
Muggle-born students around when Arthur was at school - if he had 
that fascination then surely he would have managed to find a Muggle 
family to visit over the holidays?  Don't they have field trips?

Does WW security paranoia mean that no-one is *allowed* to go into 
the Muggle world, that it is discouraged subtly or otherwise? (The 
Weasleys could get round that by their Ministry connections)  Or have 
wizards evolved in such a way that they are incapable of 
understanding technology (but then the wizard-Muggle breeding should 
sort that one out).  Or...?

Chthonia