Wand breaking was Harry's bias again, several posts

[meltowne]

No: HPFGUIDX 141104

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "P J" <midnightowl6 at h...> wrote:

> It appears that any crime worthy of expulsion is also worthy of wand 
> breaking.  I can understand this as you wouldn't want a untrained 
wizard 
> loose in the country with a wand!  Some of the trained ones are 
scary 
> enough.  :-)
PJ,I think you might have it backwards - any CRIME worthy of having 
your wand snapped is alsp grounds for expulsion.  Hogwarts is not the 
only school, so expulsion in some cases could mean a transfer to 
Durmstrang.

As for the thought of untrained wizrds, we know some wandless magic is 
possible (and is in fact a sign of wizrding ability).  What do you 
suppose happens to muggle-born wizards whose families choose NOT to 
send them to Hogwarts?  If you could block their use of magic 
permanently, why couldn't you do the same for a wayward wizard?