House elves WAS: realistic resolutions

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 180966

Betsy Hp:
> EXACTLY!  *bg*  It has nothing to do with the type of work, the type
of wages (if any, in the end), or the way in which a house-elf feels
pride or job-satisfaction.  A house-elf *cannot* say no to their 
master.  It doesn't matter what they're asked to do, it doesn't matter
what their personal feelings are on the matter, a house-elf CANNOT SAY NO.
> 
> In that sense, house-elves are greater slaves than could ever be 
achieved in the RW.

Carol responds:

Then what's this enchantment that makes them iron their hands if they
disobey their masters?

Carol, who thinks ending *that* enchantment (if possible) would
resolve the problem

P.S. In RL, slavery means working without wages, which House-Elves
don't want, so either they're not slaves as we know slavery or they're
choosing to be slaves, which makes the term meaningless