[HPforGrownups] Re: Is there anything in the HP world that bothers you?

[Ladi lyndi]

No: HPFGUIDX 56553

Bill wrote: 
> But the thing that really bothered me was the
> entire 'justice 
> system', for lack of a better word.
> 
> <snip of a post I totally agree with>

Me:

The justice system bothers me too, as well as the
amount of bullying you see in the WW in general,
not only at Hogwarts.  Quite frankly, my child
would not be going to Hogwarts (or any school for
that matter) if I knew that much bullying was
allowed.  While I realize bullying is inevitable,
the fact no steps are taken to curb it and that
teachers are allowed to do it or even seem to
encourage it, bothers me to no end.  Outside of
Hogwarts, you see that Lucius Malfoy was able to
bully the other committee members into suspending
Dumbledore in CoS without any of them reporting
this until things got worse.  I suspect that if
it wasn't Dumbledore Malfoy had gone after, he'd
still be on the school committee.

However, all of this is incorporated into my
biggest bother - how undeveloped the WW is with
regard to modern behavioral norms.  The WW seems
to have never left the Middle Ages and have just
stagnated with their attitudes.  It appears the
WW has no concept of basic human (or non-human as
the case may be) rights (highlighted by their
'justice system' and the lack of any response to
bullying behavior), are perfectly comfortable
with slavery (house-elves) and appear to have no
social conscience with regard to those in their
world who are less fortunate (such as apparently
having no social services that are available for
problems such as orphaned children, e.g. Tom
Riddle). 

For a community that has so much available to
them, they should be taking the lead in these
types of areas rather than lagging so woefully
behind.

Lynn


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