Muggles v wizards redux

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 183256

> Magpie:
> Because it's not just "don't hurt us and we won't hurt you." It's
> Muggles being inferior beings--I wouldn't be happy accepting that I
> was the inferior being and the second class citizen. Also these are
> people who almost never reflect on their own behavior and always
> consider themselves justified and they're the ones who get to decide
> what's fair treatment for me. (And if they step over the line, well,
> I'm sure they'll do better next time.)
> 
> Alla:
> 
> I get the impression that good guys in the books want not as much 
as 
> treat muggles as second class citizens, but just to keep their 
> affairs a secret from muggles as much as it is possible and that is 
> why probably charms that I usually would hate do not bother me, 
since 
> to me they are nothing more than metaphor for please leave us alone.


a_svirn:
Well, Lockhart didn't want to treat Harry and Ron as second class 
citizens either. He merely wanted to get out of extremely dangerous 
situation. But we are invited to regard his actions as reprehensible, 
because to meddle with other people minds for one's own convenience 
is naturally reprehensible. How can it be otherwise? It can, when the 
others in question are muggles. 


> Alla: 
> I am not even talking about justifications for what Hermione does. 
> How exactly are they being treated differently? Are we talking of 
> sending them to Australia? Because so far I cannot come up with 
> anything else.

a_svirn:
I am not magpie, but I am pretty sure that we are. This business with 
Hermione's parents was probably the most unpleasant shock I got from 
DH. 

> Alla: 
> Yes, I confess I find what Hermione did in DH to be very touching.

a_svirn:
I was disgusted.