Sirius a "pureblood"?

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 37215

I translated:
> "Dursley threw his console out of the window. It's a sort of computer
> you can play games on"

The original is: 
> "... and chucked his PlayStation out of the window. That's a sort of
> computer thing you can play games on."

Ummm... That was close. I must be getting better at this!

Alina wrote:
> My counter-arguments are: 
> 1) Harry might have forgotten that Sirius doesn't know about computers. Kids that age and of that generation often take things like computers, VCRs and other technology for granted. He's only been in the magical world for 3 years when he wrote that letter, so he could've forgotten that Sirius doesn't know about computers. <<

I'm mildly offended. I'm from that generation (I was born in 1981), and 
have always been very considerate about what other people know and 
don't know. Then again, I don't particularly find myself as an example 
of my generation (for example, I read books, the idea of which my 
generation finds not just boring but offensive), so there's not much 
thing I can do to counter that one.

Alina again:
> 2) If Sirius was muggle-born people wouldn't be so eager to believe he was a traitor. After all, it's highly doubtful that Voldemort would do business with "mudbloods" even to benefit his cause.
> 
> Alina of Distant Place

That's always the particular thing about evil overlords: they don't 
have to make sense. Voldy was a half-blood by his own words, so I don't 
think he would be that opposed to using mud-bloods if it furthered his 
objectives. I know it's against the rules mentioning him, but Hitler 
wasn't a tall, blue-eyed blonde, nor many of his spies.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf