[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry and Betrayal in DH - some issues

[random832 at fastmail.us]

No: HPFGUIDX 174638

"gwen_of_the_oaks" <GAP5685 at AOL.com> said:
> But while I'm not necessarily thrilled with the idea that one should 
> rely on white lies to get a deal done, the plot-line sits poorly with 
> me for a different reason: the theme of mistreatment of other magical 
> creatures. After Bill's speech about cheating the Goblins and how they 
> view ownership of their creations, what are we to think?

I tried to ignore that, because it is (as with a lot of details in the
HP world) rather incoherent.

Remember, we're told in OOTP that Galleons etc are made by goblins.
How's the monetary system supposed to work, then? And if an item is only
'owned' by the individual goblin who made it, that means that there are
no 'true' ownership rights in the object _at all_ after that individual
goblin dies - his heirs have no better claim on such 'ownership' than
those of the wizard who paid for it.

Also, it seems that far from being the financial/legal geniuses of
fanfiction, Goblins are too incompetent to spell out the terms of a
simple lease contract.
-- 
Random832