[HPforGrownups] Re: Free Elves Unite?

[Laura Huntley]

No: HPFGUIDX 37112

Grey *Wolf*:
>Grey Wolfe? Grey *Wolfe*? Ohmygod what have I done to deserve this! ;-)

*smiles sheepishly*  Sorry, I know someone by the name of Wolfe, so every time I type your name, I automatically add on the extra "e"...usually I catch myself and correct it but..*sighs*

Grey Wolf continues:
>Imagine a race of people in which every single individual has the 
>powers of Voldemort and Dumbledore rolled together. 

Ok.  What I've been trying to express is -- to the average muggle, even Neville Longbottom's powers are formidable.  Taking the analogy further, compared to say, a normal house cat, humans are *very* powerful.  We even use that power in very destructive ways at times.  But does that mean we ought to subject ourselves our pets? Should the wizarding race subject itself to the muggle world? What I'm trying to say is, to a wizard, and certainly to muggles such as ourselves, house elves may seem dangerously powerful, but to each other? ....it's all relative.  If they are all pretty much the same magic wise (yes, I know there may be a lot of variation in talent from elf to elf, but on the grand scheme of things, they all seem about equal) why would one elf be a particular threat to another elf?  It doesn't make sense. If wizards are *really* enough of a threat to muggles (at least not to the point that drastic measures need to be taken) why should elves be a threat to wizards, much less each other?

*sighs* Oh well, ^_~ It looks like we're pretty much just arguing in circles at this point..perhaps we'll just have to agree to disagree?  HEY!! As a gesture of goodwill, I'll even throw in an acronym: *ahem*

E.N.S.L.A.V.E.M.E.N.T (Elves Need Slavery Lest Aggression and Violence Erupt, Making Extinction Near Threat)

laura


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