[HPforGrownups] Re: Mudblood

[Lisa G]

No: HPFGUIDX 72958

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

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