I don't know the answer to your question. We are dealing with a WIP that is getting increasingly darker and more 'mature' with each new book. It is possible that by book 7, Harry will understand how complex and dangerous the wizard society really is. It's equally possible that he won't, and that JKR will continue to downplay the danger and the basic conflicts between the wizard and muggle world. I just don't know.
Speaking only for myself, I was offended by her "cute" comments that "real" witches weren't hurt during the mass witch burnings. Thousands and perhaps millions of people were horrifyingly put to death all through Europe and in the colonies (where witches were hung, not burned). Dismissing all of that real suffering in order to make her children's book series appear to be more cuddly was wrong, IMO. JKR wants to separate "her" witches from the real history of Eurpopean witchcraft when it is convenient for her. That's her right of course, but I still think that she's cheating.
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Date: 2004-11-09 10:26 am (UTC)Speaking only for myself, I was offended by her "cute" comments that "real" witches weren't hurt during the mass witch burnings. Thousands and perhaps millions of people were horrifyingly put to death all through Europe and in the colonies (where witches were hung, not burned). Dismissing all of that real suffering in order to make her children's book series appear to be more cuddly was wrong, IMO. JKR wants to separate "her" witches from the real history of Eurpopean witchcraft when it is convenient for her. That's her right of course, but I still think that she's cheating.