Patriotism in the WW?

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 83675

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Melissa McCarthy <risako at n...> 
wrote:
> There seems to be something of a lack of patriotism in the 
Wizarding World 
Snip  
Is an individual's first loyalty to his/her country as against other 
countries; does he see him/herself first as a subject or citizen of 
his/her country and then as a wizard/witch?  

I actually just posted something similar to this question (how 
wizards and witches see the Queen) and another question popped into 
my head: Can a witch or wizard serve in the armed forces of their 
country of residence? There has been a lot of speculation as to how 
Dumbledore's defeat of the dark wizard Grindlewald in 1945 relates to 
World War II. Could there have been wizards, say, storming the 
beaches at Normandy on D-Day? Or witches in the WACs? Also, to 
totally change tack, do wizards have birth certificates? Are witches 
and wizards counted in a census of the general population or do they 
exist completely seperately from us Muggles? More things to ponder 
while I should be studying...
Meri (who appologises for maybe straying too far OT)