CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Chapter 15 (The Hogwarts High Inquisitor)

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No: HPFGUIDX 94356

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at m...> 
wrote:
> 
> Sunday, March 28, 2004, 9:17:25 PM, elfundeb2 wrote:
> 
1.  According to the Daily Prophet, the High Inquisitor position was 
the result of "surprise legislation" passed by the Ministry on a 
Sunday night.  Who passed that legislation?  A legislative body?  If 
so, who is it composed of?  How is it chosen?  Why wasn't it 
mentioned by name?

> (Dave Hardenbrook replied):
> JKR has been *very* vague about the structure of Wizard government,
> and I have to wonder if she in fact knows little about how
> representative democracy works (Ministries / Government Departments
> don't "pass legislation" -- Parliament / Congress does), or if she
> simply hasn't given it enough importance in her grand scheme to
> think it through.
> 
Carolyn:
I don't think JKR is in the least vague about the UK parliamentary 
process - in the latest chat one of the things she said 'I'd like to 
be Tony Blair for an hour. I'd call a press conference and announce 
all the policies I'd like to implement'. She knows they can't just 
happen. She was also a teacher, and I think she would have very 
strong views on government interference in education. 

I think her whole point is to highlight how poor the democratic 
process is in the WW.