Hogwarts letters Re: Choosing sides

[Jazmyn Concolor]

No: HPFGUIDX 119962


Some points:

School records causing concern: Most countries allow home schooling and 
private tutors.  It would not take much for select Wizards to get 
required muggle credentials to verify the education of young wizards.

Muggles knowing about the WW: Many muggles do know, but 'who would 
believe them?'.  Fudge even admits that he told the Prime Minister about 
Sirius.

(book quote)
Fudge has been criticized by some members of the International 
Federation of Warlocks for informing the Muggle Prime Minister of the
crisis.

"Well, really, I had to, don't you know," said an irritable Fudge.
"Black is mad. He's a danger to anyone who crosses him, magic or Muggle.
I have the Prime Minister's assurance that he will not breathe a word of
Black's true identity to anyone. And let's face it-who'd believe him if
he did?"
(end book quote)

There are also the close relatives of Wizard children who know.  The MOM 
doesn't modify the memories of ALL muggles who know about them, only 
those who they feel might present them with some danger or those who 
were traumatized.  The poor guy running that campground?  Well, he was 
comedy relief for one and might have called out the authorities and 
caused the quidditch game to be canceled for another...  The MOM does 
have better things to do then run around modifying the memories of every 
muggle who happens to see even the slightest bit of magic, after all..  
Most muggles would convince themselves they were seeing things anyways, 
as most people generally don't believe in magic.   I mean if a muggle 
magician can create the illusion of the Statue of Liberty disappearing, 
then most people will just think its 'just a trick with mirrors' 
anyways...  Saves officials in the Wizard World a lot of work at any rate..

I can't see them worrying about modifying the memories of the parents 
and the child in the case of muggle parents not wanting their kid to go 
to a school for Wizards.  If Wizards have no morals concerning 
modifying memories of innocent people, then they would likely have no 
morals concerning using spells to charm parents into accepting it.  

Magical Powers being 'removed':  Other than breaking someone's wand, 
which doesn't totally prevent them from doing magic, I see no canon to 
support the idea they can remove a wizard's powers.  If they could, WHY 
would they bother having Azkaban prison???   There is some suggestion 
that prolonged exposure to dementors might cause a wizard's power to be 
damaged in some way, but as it seems there is no actual example of a 
wizard who did lose their powers this way, it might only be wizards who 
lost their confidence or became so lost in madness that they forgot they 
could do magic..?
I see no actual evidence that powers can be simply 'removed'. 

 I suspect that ALL magical children are somehow given some guidance, 
even if they have to arrange for a Wizard to befriend the child, such as 
a teacher in a muggle school.  (Brings to mind Miss Switch and other 
magical school teacher stories) or a magical 'relative' who just turns up.

Jazmyn