CHAPDISC:HBP19,Elf Tails

[Eddie]

No: HPFGUIDX 157530

> Steve/bboyminn:
> None the less though, Filch actually started the incident when he
> failed to recognise the circumstances and to recognise Hagrid's
> authority.

Eddie:
True, but the "he started it first" argument doesn't make Hagrid's
comment any less bigoted.  If you replace "Squib" with any other
well-known racial slur the bigotry seems more clear. To me, anyway.

Eddie