Brromsticks vs. Flying Carpets

[Tom Marvolo Riddle]

No: HPFGUIDX 55321

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.
 
And then Patricia wrote:
>I've thought about this too.  It's rather inconsistent, but I think the
 >inconsistency is on the part of the MoM and the ww, not JKR.  The ww seem=
s
 >a bit obsessed when it comes to Quidditch.  I doubt anything could 
 >convince them to give up their flying brooms, which would essentially 
>outlaw Quidditch, even if it would be in line with their general legal 
 >reasoning.  Basically, I think the ww makes an exception for brooms 
 >because they want to keep playing Quidditch, not because the exception 
> makes any sense.
 
Now me:
The way I see it, flying broomsticks don't fall under the subject of enchan=
ted Muggle objects because they're specifically designed by wizards for the =
purpose of flying.  Some brooms are racing brooms, some are faster than othe=
rs, etc.  But they are not brooms originally built by muggles for sweeping p=
urposes, then enchanted to be able to fly.  Carpets on the other hand, appar=
ently were originally designed as floor decoration, then enchanted to fly..

That's just my take on it.  

Zach