Reference to Harry's pureblood status (was: Is Harry a pureblood?)

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Jim Ferer" <jferer at y...> wrote:
> Doesn't that say that he considers Harry of a higher status than 
> Hermione? I understand that he could only consider Harry a "half-
> blood," but his willingness at first to 'befriend' Harry suggests 
he 
> thinks Harry is a half-blood - not that Draco's opinion is of much 
> consequence.

Thanks for the response.  I was glad to see that even though we may 
disagree on minor points concerning the "blood-type" issue, we do 
agree that such classification of people is absolutely repugnant.  
There could always be a discussion as to Draco's motivation for this 
behavior-but what his motivation is-be it jealosy or just pure spite- 
can only be completely discounted.  There can never be any 
justification for this type of behavior-whatever the circumstances.  
I do agree with what you said about Draco's opinion- it does not 
count for much; however, that does not remove its ability to injure.  
I know that quoting movies is frowned upon-but here it goes.  In the 
movie "Guess who's coming to dinner?", one of the characters stated: 
(paraphrasing) that people who thought that their race was superior 
to others were wrong- sometimes ignorant-sometimes hateful-but 
always, always- wrong"  IMO, that is the bottom line-  JKR has let us 
know under no uncertain terms is "blood-typing" ever a justifiable 
activity in the WW or anywhere else for that matter. We do not have 
to look too far back in our own world's history to find examples of 
what happens when this type of classification is acted upon.  The WW 
has already reaped what it has sown- and I think, if you trust what 
JKR has told us, and I do- the reaping has only just begun.

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