[HPforGrownups] Re: Explain This Passage

[TrekkieGrrrl]

No: HPFGUIDX 180433

On 07-01-2008 13:27:35, potioncat (willsonkmom at msn.com) wrote:
 > "rlevatter" wrote:
 > >
 > > Well,
 > I'm new to this group and obviously the archive is huge,
 > > so my apologies if this has been asked/answered already.
 > snip
 > Surely if being a
 > > pureblood meant not merely that one's
 > parents were magical
 > > but that each line was magical for many generations, only a
 > > small number of inbreeding families could still be purebloods.
 > > Voldemort and Snape were both half-bloods, both with Muggle
 > > fathers, but it makes no sense to call Harry a half-blood.
 > >
 > > Or does it? What am I missing?
 >
 > Potioncat:
 > Welcome to the group.
 >
 > What are you missing? The effects of bigotry on people. To
 > LV's gang,
 > being Muggleborn was the same as being a Muggle. So Lily counts as
 > Muggle. Actually, Muggleborns are "worse" than Muggles, because the
 > Muggleborn stole magic. Which I guess is why there are Squibs. (In
 > the minds of the radical Purebloods.)
[snip]

But squibs are found in pureblood families too. Remember how everyone in 
Neville's family thought he was a squib at first. Granted they were 
wrong in that case, but if it wouldn't occur then why would they worry 
about it in the first place? Neville is pureblood as far as I know.

And I know that facts has never disturbed radical people in believing 
they're right regardless, but I just don't think the "squib" thing has 
to do with purebloods/halfbloods.

~Trekkie