Underage magic & the Unforgivable Curses

[sophierom]

No: HPFGUIDX 89169

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, abbet69 at y... wrote:
> If the MoM can track underage magic, why can't they track the 
> Unforgivable Curses?
> 
> Abbet

Sophierom:

My guess would be that only underage wizards' wands are tracked or 
registered and that once a wizard gets to be of age, her wand is 
taken off some sort of magical list. But it's been a while since 
I've read the books, so I could be wrong.

This question makes me wonder, though (beware, I'm going into 
rambling mode) ... If the MoM had the ability to tell what types of 
magic an individual wizard was performing, that would be an 
incredible amount of power for the government. Not only could the 
government determine who was performing Unforgivables, but they 
could also see who was using magic to protest a government action, 
who was using magic to improve their sex life, etc.  I wonder if 
British wizards developed a government that made privacy of 
spellcasting one of its major tenets? Is there a British WW 
constititution (written or customary)? Along those same lines, could 
there be a wizard police state out there? Would that be the end 
result if LV took over? And these questions lead back to a question 
I know that's been discussed in previous posts, but I just can't 
find them at the moment ... exactly what form of government exists 
in the British WW? The HP universe is that odd but really great mix 
of modern and pre-modern, ordinary and strange ... JKR lulls us into 
thinking we understand this place and bang! She throws in something 
quite startling.

Okay, enough rambling.  

Sophierom - who would like to blame the rambling on the incredible 
amount of sugar she's had tonight!