HBP & the Weasleys -What Muggles Notice

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 105724

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Shoujo <shoujo at o...> wrote:
> "genma99" wrote:
> > From an online chat with Scholastic on World Book Day:
> > Q: Are the Muggle and Magical worlds ever going to be rejoined?
> > 
> > A: No, the breach was final, although as book six shows, the 
> > Muggles are noticing more and more odd happenings now that 
> > Voldemort's back.

> Bill:
> 
> I think that muggles noticing more weird things happening because of
> Voldemort is just because them noticing the effects of the WW on
> the Non-Magic World. Remember the Chocolate Frog cards?
> 
> Dumbledore was involved in the defeat of dark wizard Grindlewald in
> 1945. When  did Hitler fall? I would suggest that this is evidence
> that the general tone of society is affected by a Dark Wizard, or at
> least something similar. Or maybe Hitler was a magician!
> 
> Food for thought though.
> 
> Bill


Asian_lovr2:

Once the Death Eaters start torturing and killing muggle for sport,
and Dementors and Giants start roaming the country side killing and
'dementing' at will, it's going to be difficult for the Muggles not to
notice "odd happenings".

I'm not sure what you are referring to in your Chocolate Frog card
reference? 

To your main point, that even if Voldemort&Friends don't have a direct
impact on the Muggle world, I think I would agree that times of
trouble and strife in the wizard world do create tension and
uncertainly in the muggle world. We have no direct proof of that but I
think some of the magical negative energy is subconsciously picked up
by the muggles.

As far as Hitler being a wizard of some type, that may or may not be,
but many of the people on the Chocolate Frog Cards are real people who
existed in real world, or if you prefer muggle, history. 

Just a thought.

Steve/Asian_lovr2