Muggle's get special visitors

[bufo_viridis at interia.pl]

No: HPFGUIDX 92513

 lizvega2 said:

> So, who is sent to the other children's homes? It would have to be 
> somebody that could pass as a muggle, at first glance, anyway. Would 
> it be McGonagall? She sends the letters...although, Jo did say 
> visitor(s) plural. So, if it is McGonagall, who goes with her?

In Fictionalley, in this thread:
http://www.fictionalley.org/fictionalleypark/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=56259
Fionnabair made interesting point, although she put it jokingly: (quote)
" I can't help but feel that there must a certain amount of coercion of either parent or child, if for no other reason than magical safety. (First visit after declining, Flitwick shows up? Second one, it's McGonagall. Third time, it's Snape, explaining that little Johnny *will* attend Hogwarts - either as a pupil or a potions ingredient.)"

I think in some cases (like Harry's) some coercion may indeed take place. In most persuasion is enough. As for coercion it brings two points:
1. moral issue - does some Wizard really know better what is good for a child than the child's parents. Excuse is, untrained magic can be dangerous.
2.great "attack line" for purebloods - along the lines of the 1.) moral issue - "since they don't want anyway, what right do we have...etc." Possibly it hasn't occure to them, especially as the wizards who don't want Muggle-borns, also treat Muggles as lower beings, so their "rights" are unimportant anyway.

Cheers, Viridis
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