Jewish Goblins?

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No: HPFGUIDX 81890

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, EnsTren at a... wrote:
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> I ment to ponder on the possibility that the Goblin's situation 
might have something in common with certain historical things the 
Jews have endured.
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> I was curious if anyone thought it possible that the Goblins were 
confined to Gringotts and tha banking system by wizarding law.  And 
if there was a faint possibily that after all the Goblin rebellions 
that they might be in dept, lke the weimer administration in Germany.
> 
> I ment that perhaps there might be parallels.
> 
> And for the record, I am jewish, my mother was jewish, save for one 
person my entire living family is jewish.  And then their my god 
mother and her family who are all jewish.  Trust me when I say I 
don't mean any insult.
> 

Laura:

Oh, now I understand...

You raise an interesting point.  We imagine the WW to be more or less 
a capitalist society, but if that's the case, why do only goblins do 
the banking?  This is a big money-maker, so where's the competition?  
Which came first, the goblin rebellions or the responsibility for 
Gringotts?  Or is there any connection at all?  

If there's a debt, we haven't seen any textual evidence of it.  It 
would seem counter-intuitive to me to let someone who owes you a 
large sum of money run your bank, though.

No offense taken, Nemi.  I'm glad you posted again and I am sorry if 
I misunderstood what you were getting at.