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

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 125923



> 
> kjirstem:
 one could regard magical people as
> electro-magnetically handicapped, after all.  There are forces that
> Muggles can work with that wizards apparently cannot, or Muggles 
can
> work with those forces in ways that wizards cannot.  

a_svirn:

How do you figure that? What forces do you have in mind? JKR sure 
never said anything about that. Harry is a wizard and he's doing 
things muggle way just fine in Little Whining. 

> kjirstem:

 And it appears that 
> some simple Muggle devices are real puzzlers to the wizards, if 
like
> Arthur Weasley they bother to notice what exists in the Muggle 
world.

a_svirn:
"Bother" is a key word here. They don't need Muggle technology, 
because they prefer magic thank you very much. But when and if they 
bother to master it, they can. Just like F&G mastered the muggle way 
of picking locks. 

> 
> kjirstem:
> Magic sure seems more *fun* than technology, but more efficient? 
> Which would you really prefer, putting your head in a fire or 
using 
> a cell-phone?  Owl post is lovely and romantic but not as speedy as
> email or telephone.   

a_svirn:

They were speedy enough when they expelled Harry from Hogwarts. 
Besides, JKR said that wizards have their equivalent of internet 
which is far better than Muggle one and more fun. They also have 
mirrors that work like mobile phones and DD said that members of the 
order have other means of communication. Not to mention that 
wizarding ways of transportation far more efficient than that Muggle 
ones. 
> 
> kjirstem:
> 
> Also, the goblins, ummm.  They appear to be in charge of the only
> bank.  All the wizard/goblin interactions I can think of indicate a
> certain wariness. (Hagrid speaks quietly regarding them, Bagman 
> seems to be in hot water over his crooked dealings with them.)  I'm
> not sure they lost.

a_svirn:
Goblins are magically powerful and yet they have been discriminated 
by wizards trough centuries and despite several rebellions they are 
still being discriminated to the point that the Order of the Phoenix 
is concerned that they ally themselves with LV so that they got the 
equal rights with wizards.  

a_svirn

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