[HPforGrownups] Prejudice

Ravenclaw Black RavenclawBlack at ColinGregoryPalmer.net
Sun Jul 13 08:28:02 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 69873

Eric Oppen wrote:

> What if we find out in the next book that the prejudice against 
> Muggle-born
> witches and wizards is based in solid, real historical experience?  During
> pre-modern times, I'd imagine that every so often...

The idea of the prejudice being justified is an interesting, BUT, not in 
this form.  "Every so often" would not, in my mind, justify prejudice 
against all. 

> A few really spectacular cases of Muggle-born witches and wizards who 
> tried
> to destroy the whole wizard world through misplaced fits of conscience 
> could
> well leave a very bad taste in everybody's mouth for a long time.

Voldemort?







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