Identifying Enemies (was:Bullying WAS: Re: Prodigal Sons)

[Magpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 141032

> Hickengruendler:
>
> I do not think Molly is that prejudiced, but why was this stupid?
> Because we know it didn't work in the end. Arthur was open-minded
> enough to try using some methods, that work very well in the muggle
> world. I don't find this stupid at all. And it is suggested in Canon
> (admittingly only through an assumption by Hermione, but we know that
> Hermione is mostly right in such cases), that there was something in
> the snake's venom that hept the stitches from working. Meaning it's
> very well possible that the methods do work for other magical
> injuries. Though I have to admit I have no idea, why the wizards
> should use them, if they have much faster healing methods.
>
> a_svirn:
>
> No, neither do I. Also, it seems to me that suggesting oneself as a
> test-subject when one's case is not desperate is to carry one's open-
> mindedness a bit too far.

Magpie:

I still don't see how it's carrying anything too far. Wizards don't use 
stitches because they can just re-grow the skin back together magically. 
Since this wound refuses to heal through their means I don't see what's 
weird about trying to stitch it together and let it grow together in the 
mundane way.  Nothing else was working, stitches were a perfectly logical 
approach to the problem--I mean, stitches are the thing that actually works 
in real life.  It's possible they work on wizards as well if they cut 
themselves on a knife or something (so there's no magical venom to dissolve 
them or whatever) and it's not like Arthur was in any danger from stitches.

a_svirn:

You know I don't quite see what you mean when you say "prejudice".
Prejudice implies certain stereotypes, irrational and erroneous
assumptions.

Magpie:

I think it implies responding to a person as their race/religion/ethnic 
group (whatever that means to you) instead of as a person and not seeing 
them as an equal because of that.  Muggles lack certain physical abilities 
that wizards have.  Sometimes Wizards marry them, even, and hopefully within 
marriage they're treated with equal respect.  They're exactly the same as a 
Squib, who in an ideal society would be treated as a valuable person, 
despite not being able to do Magic, imo.

 -m