Your honor, he said, "Blah, blah, blah

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 88880

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "punkieshazam"
<punkieshazam at y...> wrote:
>      >delurk<
> 
> I'm going to do my rant again.
> 
> One of the themes that I have observed in the Potter series is that 
> Rowling takes on themes of prejudice. I am certain that we in our 
> everyday lives take care not to offend other ethnic and social 
> groups  by the use of inappropriate language. Yet JKR has clearly 
> told us in CoS chapter 7 that mudblood is a bad word--a *very* bad 
> word. So why is it used on this list as an ordinary discriptor when 
> discussing Harry's genetic makeup?
> 
> Lenny Bruce, in a routine following his trial for using obscenities, 
> described the lawyers and judges as seeming to enjoy using the words 
> that he had used and repeated them many, many times. "Yes, Your Honor 
> he said, 'Blah, blah, blah.'" Now I don't think that any of you use 
> the word mudblood in that way, but never-the-less it is a blah, blah, 
> blah word. 
> 
> Please be respectful of Harry and stop referring to him as a mudblood.
> 
> Punkie
> 
> Petunia is a squib!
> 
>      <relurk>

I don't think anyone has referred to Harry as a "mudblood" (except as
a momentary slip) since we all know he's a half-blood. (Hermione,
maybe?) But "mudblood" in quotes is easier to type than Muggle-born,
so we may have used the term for Muggle-borns in general. I assure
you, though, that no offense was meant in any case. We're all Muggles
here!

Carol