at this point, muggles are pretty much an innocent group. their ancestors, not so much maybe. but most of them aren't allowed knowledge of the wizard world and thus their reaction is untested.
Yes, I suppose that modern society's reaction remains untested but.... I dunno. Human nature tells me that the reaction wouldn't be positive. I can't *prove* this. but. er. The brief hysteria amoung the religous right over the Harry Potter books comes to mind. ahahaha. And we don't tend to treat any sort of minority well -- be it of a differing ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, ect.
It's like...
(and I'm totally rambling here, train of thought off the tracks and running wild and possibly irrational. la la la.)
the character Luke in Poppy Z. Brite's novel "Exquisite Corpse" -- so angry with the hetrosexual world, calling them "breeders" and wishing fury upon them all.
Yes, he's a fucked up individual, but I can understand some of the frustration some members of minorities feel, that they have to curb all their behavior so not to get in the way of the larger power. If you're a gay man, you can't kiss your boyfriend on the street without worrying retribution. If you're a black man you can't walk up on a deserted street and ask a white woman for directions without thinking of the possibility that she might freak. You live your life constricted in order to keep things smooth and tidy for people who don't even THINK about you or notice or care.
Draco has grown up with this sharp "us" against "them" mentality in his head, in which one sadly degrades and dehumanizes the other, and I can't help but empathize a bit with his attitude... though on a moral plain I also cannot and will not condone it.
Re: well yeah.
Date: 2003-01-25 02:23 pm (UTC)Yes, I suppose that modern society's reaction remains untested but.... I dunno. Human nature tells me that the reaction wouldn't be positive. I can't *prove* this. but. er. The brief hysteria amoung the religous right over the Harry Potter books comes to mind. ahahaha. And we don't tend to treat any sort of minority well -- be it of a differing ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, ect.
It's like...
(and I'm totally rambling here, train of thought off the tracks and running wild and possibly irrational. la la la.)
the character Luke in Poppy Z. Brite's novel "Exquisite Corpse" -- so angry with the hetrosexual world, calling them "breeders" and wishing fury upon them all.
Yes, he's a fucked up individual, but I can understand some of the frustration some members of minorities feel, that they have to curb all their behavior so not to get in the way of the larger power. If you're a gay man, you can't kiss your boyfriend on the street without worrying retribution. If you're a black man you can't walk up on a deserted street and ask a white woman for directions without thinking of the possibility that she might freak. You live your life constricted in order to keep things smooth and tidy for people who don't even THINK about you or notice or care.
Draco has grown up with this sharp "us" against "them" mentality in his head, in which one sadly degrades and dehumanizes the other, and I can't help but empathize a bit with his attitude... though on a moral plain I also cannot and will not condone it.