Goblins, British school children and sterotypes ( was, Re: Muggle Parents and

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 184075

 
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> Alla:
> 
> But who says that it is appealing that Goblins are all bad? I am not 
> even saying that they are **bad** per se. I fully acknowledge their 
> right to hold the views that they do, I just dislike those views. I 
> would never think of Goblins as my enemies, I would just stay away 
> from them, since I think they would not hesitate to lie to me and 
> sell me staff, which they are really not selling to me IMO.

Pippin:
See, this is where there is a disconnect for me, where  you imagine
yourself in the Potterverse, but aren't concerned that your views
might contribute to prejudice there, even though you admit they might
be wrong. 

Not only that, in order to "stay away from them" you would have to not
use wizard money, since it's all made by goblins. So, IMO, unless you
modified your views, you'd have to behave in ways that would probably
make most wizards view you as an anti-goblin fanatic. 

Pippin