Bigotry in the Potterverse

[sistermagpie at earthlink.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 188083

> Rick: (or at least I think it's Rick... somebody isn't attributing remarks where
> the writer changes)
> > Besides, there aren't very many time markers in the Muggleville timeline
> > to place the stories even within a decade--The Ford Anglia is all I can
> > think of off hand (produced 1959-1967). The other items: flush toilets,
> > double-decker buses, TV, Radio all predate the Anglia.
> 
> Geoff:
> There is more evidence. In "The Letters from no One" in "Philosopher's
> Stone", Dudley gets a clip round the ear because he is trying to take his
> computer.

Magpie:
And Dudley also gets a computer game at one point, doesn't he? One that technically came out a few years after the story is taking place? And Harry's birthdate is 1980, isn't it? I can't remember if they ever say that specifically in the books. We know Grindelwald was defeated in 1945, and Lord Voldemort's life has some dates. 

-m