Some canon related WOMBAT wonderings/ some questions from the test

[Charles Walker Jr]

No: HPFGUIDX 170260

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> Alla:
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> First of all I must say I was blinking when I saw the question that 
> even suggests that some decision of Ministry can have good effect on 
> everyday WW life, I was thinking - maybe it is one of those questions 
> that will lose me points no matter what I answer, but then I figured, 
> oh well, let's pretend that sometimes Ministry does something good.
> 
> I answered (d) as something that had the best effect on WW life. I 
> mean, it could be statute of secrecy, but I figured that decision to 
> leave money in goblins control, in other words leave something so 
> significant for WW existance in control of non-human race, may have 
> done a lot towards making goblins if not super friendly, but at least 
> not hostile towards human wizards these days and no more rebellions 
> or something.
> 
> 
> Another thing, when I was looking at those questions, I was 
> fascinated to see that there was an appeal against House elf slavery 
> so recently and it was defeated. I thought that was the worst 
> decision and marked it as such. I also think that this is another 
> support towards JKR intent to portray House elves situation as pretty 
> comparable to slavery.
> 

Charles:

I actually considered selecting the house elf thing as the worst
effect that the ministry has had. But when I thought about it more, I
realized that even with the protection from muggles asking for spells
for all their problems, that the Statute of Secrecy has actually had
the effect of alienating wizards from muggles to a dangerous point. It
allows the pureblood supremacy myth to continue virtually unchecked.
It allows the vast majority of wizards to remain almost completely
ignorant of the muggle world, which places squibs in a terrible
position. It makes the transition from school to home for muggleborn
students at Hogwarts much more difficult as their years progress and
they grow to be more wizard than muggle, thus splitting their family.

As far as the BEST decision, I would agree with you about Gringott's,
for the same reason.

Charles, who thinks that the barriers between the wizard and muggle
worlds are going to come down by the end of DH.