But the important part is that there has to be some kind of comparison drawn. Otherwise how will we know who to feel smug about beating?
Yes, it's really hard! Is he more evil than Harry for being able to cast it or just more lame than Harry for not being able to? Or maybe it's like the killing--he's evil for ever considering it but cowardly for not going through with it.
I also like that even the Prime Minister is trying to sound 'braver than he felt' (no security around? Dude, eleven year old wizards have bodyguard-esque pals, Harry can command an entire trainful of people to liquefy his enemies, and the Muggles just sit waiting for intruders to mince them?)
Oh god, yes. And also, I don't know that Muggles would be that scared. We don't believe in magic, so let's face it, being told "a wizard did it" would probably get the response of laughter, not fear. Funny how all the Muggles, while being totally clueless that magic exists, somehow know when to be scared. Also funny that it doesn't seem to work on the Muggles reading the books.
I dunno, it kind of sums up the dominant mindset. The trouble for the good guys is that their opponents aren't hopelessly outmatched and helpless. WOE!
I wish she'd had the Minister yell at the guy. I mean, he's supposed to be taking care of the magic end. Rather than shivering and asking the Minister whatever we poor Muggles are to do, I'd think he'd get pissed.
Plus caring about society means you have to respect the wishes of others including commie pinkoes who might have different views on say, education - like the hiring of incompetents at their children's schools, or the uselessness of theory lessons.
Things would be so much easier if people would stop not being able to recognize the clearly superior people and just let them run everything. Jeez. It's usually right there in the blood!
Yeah, you'd think the Internet and mobile phones might prevent a cover-up. (But then wizards have JKR's even better invention - patronuses!)
LOL! Yeah, love to see how that works. Let's have a gossip-off. We'll see who gets the message across from Cornwall to Yorkshire faster, the Muggle with the cell phone and the text messaging or the wizard releasing a shimmering lemur from his wand that lopes gracefully over the land and then...communicates however lemurs communicate something.
Of course, I'm still relieved that the 'lion-like' guy wasn't Godric Gryffindor.
Oh, me too. Good point. She probably thought we'd be all excited thinking it was him: THE MOST BRAVEST GRYFFINDOR OF ALL! ::swoons::
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Date: 2006-03-19 04:27 pm (UTC)Yes, it's really hard! Is he more evil than Harry for being able to cast it or just more lame than Harry for not being able to? Or maybe it's like the killing--he's evil for ever considering it but cowardly for not going through with it.
I also like that even the Prime Minister is trying to sound 'braver than he felt' (no security around? Dude, eleven year old wizards have bodyguard-esque pals, Harry can command an entire trainful of people to liquefy his enemies, and the Muggles just sit waiting for intruders to mince them?)
Oh god, yes. And also, I don't know that Muggles would be that scared. We don't believe in magic, so let's face it, being told "a wizard did it" would probably get the response of laughter, not fear. Funny how all the Muggles, while being totally clueless that magic exists, somehow know when to be scared. Also funny that it doesn't seem to work on the Muggles reading the books.
I dunno, it kind of sums up the dominant mindset. The trouble for the good guys is that their opponents aren't hopelessly outmatched and helpless. WOE!
I wish she'd had the Minister yell at the guy. I mean, he's supposed to be taking care of the magic end. Rather than shivering and asking the Minister whatever we poor Muggles are to do, I'd think he'd get pissed.
Plus caring about society means you have to respect the wishes of others including commie pinkoes who might have different views on say, education - like the hiring of incompetents at their children's schools, or the uselessness of theory lessons.
Things would be so much easier if people would stop not being able to recognize the clearly superior people and just let them run everything. Jeez. It's usually right there in the blood!
Yeah, you'd think the Internet and mobile phones might prevent a cover-up. (But then wizards have JKR's even better invention - patronuses!)
LOL! Yeah, love to see how that works. Let's have a gossip-off. We'll see who gets the message across from Cornwall to Yorkshire faster, the Muggle with the cell phone and the text messaging or the wizard releasing a shimmering lemur from his wand that lopes gracefully over the land and then...communicates however lemurs communicate something.
Of course, I'm still relieved that the 'lion-like' guy wasn't Godric Gryffindor.
Oh, me too. Good point. She probably thought we'd be all excited thinking it was him: THE MOST BRAVEST GRYFFINDOR OF ALL! ::swoons::