Integrated worlds, separate, or co-existing?

[Sandra Collins]

No: HPFGUIDX 154962

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at ...> wrote:
>
> Betsy Hp:
> Seriously, it seems fairly obvious to me that there was a 
conflict between Muggles and Wizards and the Wizards lost.  
They lost so badly they not only went into deep, deep, *deep* 
hiding (erasing everything but the barest whisper of their 
existence) they took their *animals* with them!!
Oh yeah, one of these groups is superior, and it ain't the 
parasitical wizards.  Not when they have to keep their *insects* a 
secret.
> 
> Betsy Hp (muggle and proud of it! <bg>)
>


Sandra replies -

That's a good point which I hadn't thought of - the amazing 
animals of the HP world. Why do they have to be secret, and who 
would decide what muggles are allowed to be aware of? 
Dragons are understandably kept out of the muggle world. But 
surely one way of building bridges between worlds would be 
through those aspects which play no part in political issues or 
social problems.

But taking another angle, as we've read, there is a top-level link 
between muggle politicians and the Ministry for Magic, so 
wouldn't the services of the magical world have been used by 
various dodgy governments (or big businesses) to benefit their 
own ends? Financial pressures, illicit dealings with the less 
pleasant wizardy people, combined forces to dominate both 
worlds - it's all there to be exploited. Maybe that's part of 
Voldermort's grand plan, to cross over the divide and rule both 
worlds?
This just strengthens my feelings that JKR might have been 
better off by making the two worlds in parallel dimensions, rather 
than a bit of each here and there.

Sandra (with a strong coffee)