Is there anything in the HP world that bothers you?

[Brittany]

No: HPFGUIDX 56543

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Kirsten Gilson <byujava at y...> 
wrote:
> This makes me think of something that's bugged me.  If
> they can conjure up food and other items, why are the
> Weasley's considered poor?  It seems like they could
> conjure up all the food they could need, or other
> itmes they would need.  Maybe they couldn't conjure up
> money or textbooks, or wands, but they could get some
> of that.  Or are they just conjuring up food from the
> kitchens at Hogarts?  The more I think of it, the more
> I think this must be how it is.  
> 
> It just seems like some things don't mesh with all of
> this.  But I still enjoy it.
> 
> Kirsten


I guess in the WW, they have magical rules and regulation as to what 
you can and cannot conjure up. I suspect that the rich pure-bloods 
made up rules so that poor families (i.e. the Weasley's) couldn't 
conjure up money or large bulk food things (like things at Costco or 
Sam's Club) without MoM being alerted. The rich would want the poor 
of the WW to constantly suffer and scrounge for their food, thereby 
making the rich feel better about their situation. Another thought 
that just occured to me is that some things like dangerous(non 
magical, no real tracing properties)items would be a huge no-no to 
conjur up because people could conjure up non-magical devices and use 
them for their own evil purposes without any evidence from the wand. 
Of course, the investigaters could use truth-serums, but they would 
have a harder time catching the perps.

Just a thought.
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