Is Harry a pureblood? according to whom?

[bugaloo37]

No: HPFGUIDX 44163

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <lupinesque at y...> wrote:
> <snip> Voldemort, in contrast, comes within a hair of calling Lily, 
> who was indubitably a witch, a Muggle:
> 
>   "You stand, Harry Potter, upon the remains of my late father," he 
> hissed softly.  "A Muggle and a fool . . . very like your dear 
> mother."  (GF 33)
> 
> One wonders, then, what he would call Harry.
> 
> Amy Z
> 
I think you are on target (if you will read the post I made after you 
made yours-you will see how much I agree).  There are definitely 
different levels of predjudice present in HP.  Draco representing the 
less extreme but definitely just as appalling level.  The fact that 
Voldemort "almost" called Lily Potter a muggle shows that even as 
despicable and revolting as he is, he is obviously following a 
certain criteria created by himself.  In other words, he knows that 
even though Lily Potter was a mudblood (muggle-born), she was not a 
muggle in the strictest sense of the word. For anyone who may be 
confused on this issue, let me try to clarify.  Of course, it goes 
without saying that this is simply a matter of my interpretation of 
canon.  IMO, a muggle has been clearly defined, in Hagrid's words, as 
a non-magical human-in other words a human with absolutely no magical 
abilities or magical heritage. A squib, such as Mr. Filch, is one who 
has a magical heritage but apparently has no magical abilities.  A 
mudblood, on the other hand, is a person with magical abilities but 
no magical heritage (muggle-BORN,not just plain muggle).  I believe 
Voldemort would put Harry on the same level as himself in regards to 
heritage.  In GoF, Voldemort was continuing to view Harry as similar 
to himself in this respect, much as Tom Riddle/Voldemort did in CoS.  
Voldemort obviously considers himself to be a "half-blood" so I 
believe this is why he sees Harry as being similar to himself.  Let's 
contrast Harry and Voldemort for one moment:  Both are orphans, both 
have a muggle or in Harry's case, a muggle-BORN parent and a pure-
blood parent.  What is the major difference between the two?(other 
than the obvious-one is absolutely evil, the other, absolutely not).  
Voldemort holds his muggle heritage in disdain.  He abhors his father 
in the vilest terms. On the other hand, Harry loves his deceased 
mother and does not view her muggle-born status as being a detriment 
to himself.  Quite the opposite-he has chosen Hermione, a mudblood 
like his mother, to be one of his best friends.  He loves the 
Weasleys without even once holding their obvious love of muggles 
against them. I have said it before and I will probably say it again, 
JKR has created a parallel universe to our own-with the same 
problems, such as predjudice based on race and/or wealth.  She has 
shown us the worst and the best of human nature.  When a writer can 
do that with the style and flair that JKR has, she truly deserves all 
the praise that has been given to her.

bugaloo37-who apologizes for this long post and the one before it-
this is an important to me, and I love discussing it.