Jewish Goblins?

[zesca]

No: HPFGUIDX 81899

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" <bard7696 at a...> 
wrote:
> It doesn't strike me that the Goblins are meant to parallel the Jews.
> 
> Rather, I think they parallel the idea of a Swiss banker, and I use 
> canon to back me up.
...
> That indicates the Goblins are completely independent and unregulated 
> by the Wizard World, and they are completely neutral in all matters. 
...
> As for the Jewish comparison, I'm not sure it works without buying 
> into the stereotypes that feed such groups as the KKK, the Skinheads 
> and idiots like Louis Farrakhan who see Jewish conspiracies lurking 
> around every corner.

madeye:
Hey, Darrin, i like your comparison to the Swiss bankers.

What about the idea that the comparison to the status of Jewish usurers exists 
in two ways:
::a population that is discrimated against, for whom there exist a different set 
of rules 
::the Goblins, like the medieval Jews, are the only ones who manage the 
finances 
while the Swiss system provides a banking option, there are other banking 
institutions to choose from. can the same be said in the banking world?
in Medieval France the Jews were the only ones practising usury because it 
was seen by the Christians to be inherently base and unclean.

ciao, 
madeyemood who's curious about the meaning of schien froi which sounds 
suspiciously like schaudenfreude or whatever that German word is which 
means taking pleasure in the misfortunes of others.