Wizard morals, was Re: werewolf joke!!

[amanitamuscaria1]

No: HPFGUIDX 96157

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
> 
>  AmanitaMuscaria : 
> >>>- There seems, as has been commented before, a  very odd 
> morality working (or not) in the wizard world. 
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>  OK, wizards obviously are somewhat more durable than 
> muggles -  dropping a child out of a window means the child 
> bounces down the  street, but they obviously can get hurt and 
> die. So, what sort of morality do wizards subscribe to?<<<
> 
Pippin_999 writes:> Remember 'Jaws'? 'There's a monster around but 
nobody will 
> admit it because there'd be a panic and we can't figure out what 
> to do  about it anyway' is the plot of innumerable horror 
> movies...not to mention real life official inquiries. I'd say the 
> morality of the wizarding world is depressingly familiar.
> 
> But they do seem to have an old fashioned 'fight your own 
> battles' attitude. Though 'Help will always be given at Hogwarts 
> to those who ask for it,' it seems there's a lot of peer pressure 
> against asking.
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> 
> Pippin

AmanitaMuscaria again : Just another stray thougth came wending its 
way into my brain - if the method of testing a child for magic powers 
is to put it into mortal danger, I wonder how Squibs survive at all?
Awwww - someone loved Filch ... and Mrs. Figg (apart from Mr. Figg, 
that is).
Cheers. AmanitaMuscaria