http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/07/29/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-chapter-18/ A blog with delusions of grandeur. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:30:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/07/29/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-chapter-18/#comment-4959 Chris Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:08:04 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/07/29/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-chapter-18/#comment-4959 I thought that Harry was ridiculously overreacting about Dumbledore's letter to Grindewald. While such utopian philosophies when put into practice are a slippery-slope that can justify a police state and imprisonments/deaths for non-compliance to that vision, it seemed that Dumbledore was advocating that wizards have the power, and therefore a right or responsibility, to protect muggles more than he was suggesting that wizards have the right to round-up and slaughter the non-magical. I thought that Harry was ridiculously overreacting about Dumbledore’s letter to Grindewald. While such utopian philosophies when put into practice are a slippery-slope that can justify a police state and imprisonments/deaths for non-compliance to that vision, it seemed that Dumbledore was advocating that wizards have the power, and therefore a right or responsibility, to protect muggles more than he was suggesting that wizards have the right to round-up and slaughter the non-magical.

]]> http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/07/29/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-chapter-18/#comment-4923 Rachel Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:32:57 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/07/29/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-chapter-18/#comment-4923 What do you think Grindelwald stole from...ummm...wand maker dude? Because Voldemort wouldn't even have been born when it was stolen, yet he seems only to be looking for it now. Very curious. What do you think Grindelwald stole from…ummm…wand maker dude? Because Voldemort wouldn’t even have been born when it was stolen, yet he seems only to be looking for it now. Very curious.

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