[HPforGrownups] Re: Protection-Abuse / Patron-Client (was:re:Blood protection/ Dumbledore and Harry)

Sat Sep 23 01:55:23 UTC 2006

No: HPFGUIDX 158639

a_svirn:
> There you go. The WW has its official institutions. "Unofficial"
> private armies are outside the province of law and therefore
> illegal.

Whoa. there is a very big middle ground between "not
established/mandated by law" and "forbiden by law". I think the point
was that it's informal, and really the Ministry doesn't have time to
care whether they exist or not so long as they don't interfere with
secrecy.

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Random832