[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry in the Graveyard in GOF

[Jazmyn Concolor]

No: HPFGUIDX 150095



>--- jjs21theo <jjs21theo at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>When Harry was in the Graveyard he was 
>>outside of school.  Why wasn't the ministry aware
>>that he was performing magic and why didn't they 
>>respond as they had in the past?  
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The ministry are not all seeing, all powerful gods.. They have their 
limits.   I don't think the misitry has the power to detect magic use 
EVERYWHERE or who even is using the magic.  They likely were only 
monitoring the homes of magical children or areas with magical residents 
that also have a high muggle population.   The graveyard was in a small 
village and mostly deserted, so would not have been worthy of the 
ministry's notice.   Also could be that Voldemort already removed any 
posible 'magic detectors' or whatever a long time ago.  I do not see any 
evidence that the ministry has the power to detect magic use anywhere, 
only magic performed in or near the child's residence..  In fact, they 
can't even tell who is doing the magic as evidenced by Harry being 
blamed for something Dobby did.  If the misistry was able to detect 
magic use anywhere and who was doing it, they would have captured 
Voldemort ages ago.

Jazmyn