Rights of goblins and other magical creatures

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 128312

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "frnsic1" <sally_waddle at h...>
wrote:
> In a re-read of OotP, I noticed Mr. Weasley and Lupin discussing 
> Goblin rights (p. 85 US):
> 
> "'...if they're offered freedoms we've been denying them for 
> centuries they're going to be tempted [to assist Voldemort].'"
> 
> What freedoms could wizards and the MoM deny creatures such as 
> goblins? What could goblins gain from obeying the "rules" of 
> wizards? 
> 
> I understand that house-elves "enjoy" serving wizarding families 
> (and that they can and do use their own brand of magic, which, in 
> many ways is superior to the magic that wizards are capable of),
and 
> the centaurs consider themselves superior and prefer to be left 
> alone, but goblin freedom does not seem to have been explained much 
> in canon. 
> 
> Any ideas???


Pippin:
I suspect the main issue is wand use.

"No non-human creature is permitted
 to  carry or use  a wand."-- GoF ch 9. 

"In your opinion, did wand legislation contribute to, or lead to
better control of, goblin riots in the eighteenth century?"
 -OOP ch 31.

Pippin