Wizard supremacy (was:Re: Nel Question #4: Class and Elitism)

[Valy]

No: HPFGUIDX 125724


Tammy said:
<snip>I take exception to that... Muggles and Wizards are basically "made"
differently - it doesn't make one superior to the other. Men are made
differently from women - which makes them able to pee standing up. And
while I (at times) wish I had that ability, it doesn't mean they're
superior 'cause they've got it.</snip>

Valy replies:
I totally agree.
But I think the oldest pure blood wizaring families surely had muggle
ancestors. I don't think they've been wizards since their ancestor apes.
(Despite I would be amused by a Ape changing his mate into a figg by 
waving a random stick! Hooga booga!)

And I don't think the wizards are a 'race', since muggles give birth to
wizards, etc., wizards give birth to squibs, etc.
I think the difference they make is from all the prejudices and persecutions
from the muggles. I think in that time, *lots* wizards and witches married
muggles, giving birth to half-blood, but constantly getting harassed by
muggles forced them to live in "an another world", and there, wizards
married wizards, etc.

You're either born wizard or not, even if the magical gene is dominant. It's
like seers' families. You're either born as seer or not, no matter if you're
wizard, muggle or squib. Look at Trelawney (Sorry, but I always spell her
name wrong...), some aren't believing her as a seer, some does, and she's
from the family of a famous seer, etc.
There's black husband and white wife having a black daughter and a white son
(despite it's rare.)
Well... that's my opinion! =P

Tammy said:
<snip>Perhaps many of the wizards feel they are superior, but place them
into a situation where they have to cook, clean, and do the laundy
without magic and they'd feel infinitely inferior in a hurry. </snip>

Valy replies:
Yep yep.
Before knowing being a wizard, did Harry knew how to clean house and wash
dishes by clasping his hands? No.
A wizard not knowing his powers can't control them, so...

Tammy said:
<snip>As for the separation of the two, it's necessary. Muggles would
constantly be looking for magical solutions to their problems, if they
actually managed to accept it. In all likelihood, it would return to
the days of witch trials, because we don't like something we can't
understand. Magic is the core of "things you can't understand." </snip>

Valy replies:
And if both worlds rejoined, some muggles wouldn't believe it. Like UFOS,
ghosts, etc.
And some muggles would abuse the magic. Asking first for little problems,
then for useless or baaaaad things.
And some evil muggles could use some wizards to make weapons, take over the
world, etc... And vice-versa!
Have we ever seen massive destruction weapons in the wizarding world yet?
No.
Imagine English wizards would make war to any foreign wizards? (Like
Hagrid's protestations in Vol.4 about "those foreigners/strangers".)
Combines magical and muggle weapons, and world will change itself into a
load of ashes.

Valy.