Oh yes, I have heard of that history. It's kind of interesting to think about here since wizards aren't stealing children, certainly, but they do pluck out Muggle children who are "theirs" and raise them as their own. From what we've seen they pretty much do "take" them, at least that's what happens. They don't do the same to their own children. Squibs live in the WW, albeit as lesser beings.
Sometimes it seems like the ultimate lie. I mean, wizards and muggles divide themselves with the wizards saying "we" can do magic. But clearly Muggles *can* do magic--Hermione is a Muggle by birth, her parents are Muggles, and she can do magic. But Wizards then claim her as their own. Hermione doesn't just stay in her own society as someone with a talent that many, but not all, her people have. If she did Muggle scientists would no doubt be studying her powers and figuring out how to give it to everyone. And they might very well succeed.
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Date: 2006-04-26 02:13 pm (UTC)Sometimes it seems like the ultimate lie. I mean, wizards and muggles divide themselves with the wizards saying "we" can do magic. But clearly Muggles *can* do magic--Hermione is a Muggle by birth, her parents are Muggles, and she can do magic. But Wizards then claim her as their own. Hermione doesn't just stay in her own society as someone with a talent that many, but not all, her people have. If she did Muggle scientists would no doubt be studying her powers and figuring out how to give it to everyone. And they might very well succeed.