Yeah, that was exactly the quote the person was using...and it's one thing where Hagrid says it as a sort of, "Just go along with this superficial idea," but to start applying it to serious situations (or using it as a reason for hurting Muggles) gets you into some seriously bad territory, particularly when you're pretending to write a book that's so sensitive about bigotry and gets sarcastic about the idea of wizards considering themselves better than others.
It just makes no sense that Potion-based magic could work, but as you say, spells do. In fact, I think that was the very quicksand we got ourselves into in the thread. Presumably JKR would want wizard poisons to work on Muggles so that Lucius is a baddie if he has them, but she can't honestly be claiming that crushed bat wings will cure Muggle rheumatism, right? And if Potions can cure this stuff then gee, are the Muggleborns really okay with going home to sit with their family members dying of cancer without offering them any, you know, medicine that might actually work.
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Date: 2004-11-09 01:36 pm (UTC)It just makes no sense that Potion-based magic could work, but as you say, spells do. In fact, I think that was the very quicksand we got ourselves into in the thread. Presumably JKR would want wizard poisons to work on Muggles so that Lucius is a baddie if he has them, but she can't honestly be claiming that crushed bat wings will cure Muggle rheumatism, right? And if Potions can cure this stuff then gee, are the Muggleborns really okay with going home to sit with their family members dying of cancer without offering them any, you know, medicine that might actually work.