Mudblood

[James Redmont]

No: HPFGUIDX 74549

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Lisa G <happybluebirdie at y...> 
wrote:
> James Redmont:
> > > > Where in cannon does it say that MUDBLOOD means BOTH
> > parents are 
> > > > muggles? And if you're a half-blood: one magical parent
> > and one 
> > > > muggle parent ... wouldn't this qualify you for the
> > (derogatory) 
> > > > mudblood label? 
> > > > 
> > > > Magical Parent1 + Magical Parent2 = "pure-blood"
> > > > Magical Parent1 + Muggle Parent2 = "mudblood" or
> > "half-blood"
> > > > Muggle Parent1 + Muggle Parent2 = "mudblood"
> 
> As a life-long horse geek, the first comparison that came to
> mind was with horse breeding. You can have a registered purebred
> Arabian, cross it with a Thoroughbred, and you have an
> Anglo-Arab. If the Anglo and an Arab get together, you have a
> 3/4 Arab. You can keep breeding the product to Arabs, but it
> will always be classified as only a part Arab.... I've seen ads
> which state, loud and clear, '31/32 Arab.' You can't eliminate
> the non-Arab blood, just as you can't eliminate Muggle blood.
> 
> Lisa G

Me:

Just had to say that I didn't write that.  I must have been 
responding to it or something...

James Redmont