[HPforGrownups] Re: Prejudice

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No: HPFGUIDX 70127


On Monday, Jul 14, 2003, at 04:58 America/Indianapolis, naamagatus 
wrote:

> Also, the precise etymology of "mudblood" is unimportant. The mere
> fact that in the Potterverse it is the equivalent to "nigger" in the
> US, should make it very clear what type of people are using it.

Whoa, there... Who said anything about it being equivalent to anything 
anywhere? I did _not_ get the impression that it was anywhere near that 
harsh... it's said that it's "the worst thing" you can say to one, but 
that's on a relative scale to all the (unknown) not-as-bad-as-that 
thing; it's possibly they simply don't have words as strong as n*****. 
in any case, the "dirty blood" translation seemed _very_ suspect to me.

--Random832