[HPforGrownups] Underage Magic Discrepancy

[Barb Roberts]

No: HPFGUIDX 119375


  kjubinski wrote:
>
>  I am just a little confused by the consistency of "reprimands" for
>  underage use of magic...  .
>
>  Are there "levels" of accepted magic?  Why?  While I agree that using 
> lumos for a bit of light is not nearly as involved (to other people) 
> as disarming them, immobilizing someone, and so on it is still magic 
> that includes the use of the wand.  It would violate both underage and 
> secrecy usage.
>
This doesn't exactly address your question, but it may explain a few 
inconsistencies.

I've always thought that, in OotP , during Harry's rescue from the 
Weaselys that the advanced guard were there largely to thwart or take 
advantage of a hole in the magical monitoring of Harry. Thus the rescue 
group could use a lot of magic in an all-muggle household without 
getting into trouble.  I suspect that the Weasley's demolition of the 
Dursley's living room was possible only because of Arthur's ties to the 
ministry.  Wouldn't it be like Arthur to suspend the monitoring for at 
the same time that he had Dursley's fireplace added to the Floo 
network?

It seems that great unfairness exists between how much magic that 
different children can get away with.  Just as children on farms can 
learn in drive cars on private fields before the driving age, while 
children who live in suburbia or the city must wait until they can get 
a learner's permit.  Children from magical families can practice magic 
largely undetected while muggle-borns are not allowed too.  A previous 
post suggested that the pure-borns wanted to give an unfair advantage 
to their children. I thought this was a good point. Wasn't Dumbledore 
against the underage magic regulations?  He probably saw that it was 
inheriently unfair and prejudicial.  It is also probable that most 
magical, muggle-born children can get by with performing a lot more 
underage magic than carefully watched Harry is able to do.

Barbara Roberts, who ought to be getting ready for work




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