[HPforGrownups] broomsticks vs. flying carpets (was: It's all Lucius Malfoy's fault....)

[Gina Rosich]

No: HPFGUIDX 55312


On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, The Sparrow wrote:

> I'd also like to ask on a different subject- if flying
> carpet are banned because carpets are Muggle
> artefacts, then how can they get away with
> broomsticks? They're just as much a Muggle object.


ME:

I think it's a combination of tradition and racism, frankly.  Brooms have been a long-standing tradition in the U.K. as a mode of transport.  Also, they couldn't play Quidditch without brooms.  Flying carpets, on the other hand, is an "artefact of the subcontinent."  Since at one time India was colonized by the British, I can't help but consider some underlying racism.  That flying carpets envokes images of maharishi and not of "good british families" packing up to travel together.  Because, really, brooms and carpets are both muggle artefacts which have been bewitched for magical use.  It is blatantly hypocritical at base.  Then again, maybe broom companies might be giving some kind of "incentive" to the MoM so as not to have any financial competition.  Who know.



Gina :-)



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