[HPforGrownups] Mudbloods and Nukes

[Twileen Janeen]

No: HPFGUIDX 47680

--- rinceceol <rinceceol at netzero.net> wrote:

> I've sometimes wondered about this:  if there was
> another great Muggle war (or even in the wars of the
> past), do witches and wizards have any way of
> protecting themselves from the dangers inherent in
> such a war?  I mean, if someone nukes England, it
> certainly affects the wizard populace as much as the
> Muggles, doesn't it? *shrug*
> 
> For that matter, what's stopping somone like
> Voldemort (or any Death Eater) from putting Imperius
> on, say, the safety inspector at a local nuclear
> power plant...when said plant plant blows sky-high,
> that would certainly kill enough Muggles.  But then
> again (don't mind me, I often play my own Devil's
> Advocate!), 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.
> 

This is a really interesting point. I've come up wth a
few ideas.

As for Voldemort and his crew: they would never use
Muggle weaponry. Voldemort really hates Muggles. He
believes that wizards are superior in every way. Using
a Muggle invention would be below him. But at the same
time it would probably be funny to him to see Muggles
destroyed by their own stupid inventions.

Another reason even dark wizards would be opposed to
nukes: total destruction of earth. What's the fun of
ruling the world if that world is a post-apocalyptic
wasteland? Similarly, the WW seems to be pretty eco
friendly up to now.

As for the lack of knowlege: I don't think there has
been any opportunity for Arthur or anyone else to talk
about this. And even if they did this would probably
be a topic for an office in the war department of the
MoM. The department for the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts
only handles Muggle creations that have been altered
with magic. Nukes wouldn't need to be altered to be
dangerous.

--Twileen

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