Wizards regarding Muggles (was:Re: TBAY: Kirstini's big Theorising Adventure)

[njelliot2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 79188

I'm sorry but I don't go along with the moral indignation of the 
posts concerning the WW's poor treatment of Muggles. Sure Muggles 
are treated badly by some wizards but the books don't endorse their 
behaviour. Frank's death in Chapter 1 of GoF was to show us what a 
baddie big V is and that is true of all the Muggle mistreatment in 
the series. The bad guys do the bad things to Muggles, the good guys 
stand for humane treatment of Muggles, like the way Harry and Ron 
leap to Hermione's defence every time she's called a mudblood. 

The books  moral postion on Muggles is set by Dumbledore who IMO 
exemplifies the moral centre of the Potterverse. Dumbledore accepts 
and includes all kinds: free house elves, half-giants, were-wolves, 
Muggles, centaurs and vampires if Snape turns out to be one. He 
lectures Harry about how wizards have done terrible things to 
other 'races' and are now reaping their reward for past unjustice. 
The destruction of the Fountain of Magical Bretheren is symbolic of 
the forces of good ushering in a new order in which all wizard and 
muggle kinds will be accepted. 

Love is what saves Harry and it's what's going to destroy big V. So 
please don't pretend that JKR endorses the poor treatment of 
Muggles. The fun that is poked at them is just that, *fun* and is no 
different to the pokes she takes at wizards (the bureacracy for 
example). 

Nicholas (hoping he hasn't missed the point here)