Owl Post Secret Activity 1: The Secret of Magic

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Activity: The Secret of Magic
Points: Long debate: Participation 10pts, Additional comment: 2pts.
Deadline: April 22, 11:59 PM UTC
Details:

Let's jump right into the magical world's secrets with a debate on the biggest secret of all: the secret of magic itself.

What are your opinions on the International Statute of Secrecy? Is it a fair law? When is it okay to break the law and reveal the secret of magic to Muggles? And what would you do if a Muggle discovered your secret and tried to take advantage of it?

Initial comment of at least 150 words for 10 points, additional comments 2 points each. Let's get a conversation going!


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Comments

[bergeronprocess.livejournal.com]

Disaster has struck before--in Voldemort's reign of terror, with the "natural disasters" like the bridge and all of that, and that's when the liaison to the Muggle government needed to be used. The Muggle PM was good at basically keeping the secret of this...peculiar adviser type person, but what if a former PM, later in life, revealed everything? That breaks the statute, right? I guess someone just goes and Oblivates everyone.

The concern over what could happen when Muggles are suffused with fear is so real. SO REAL. Many smarter minds than mine have devoted studies to seeing just how inhuman people get when they are in a large group and not in their right mind. It ain't pretty and it could, like you said, be very bad for magical people.

Emmapuff

[slumber.livejournal.com]

I can't remember if this is fic or not but I think the Loch Ness monster supposedly involved a lot of Obliviators from the Department of Mysteries or something... I imagine they do a lot of Men in Black type clean-up duties, I guess, to maintain secrecy.

THIS. Like... just one person having the wrong idea about it could go so terribly wrong, you know? The risk just doesn't seem to be worth any benefit.

Evyclaw

[bergeronprocess.livejournal.com]

I wonder how they become keyed into the knowledge that Muggles are Seeing Things. I know Arthur said something once about the regurgitating toilets, which will obviously trigger plumber (pumbles) attention, but when they falter...I wonder if they put up a Bat-signal or something and the Obliviators just come around. WHO YOU GONNA CALL? OBLIVIATORS!

I like to think that people are, at their roots, good and just and fair. MOST PEOPLE ARE. But what if the wrong person gets jealous of magic users?

Emma

[slumber.livejournal.com]

Yeah I can't wrap my head around the logistics of the entire thing. Like. What. The "Trace" is supposed to be only for younger wizards-- I guess with the assumption that they're the ones most likely to risk breaking the Statute-- but what about adults? Is the population small enough that it IS something that can be controlled?

Evyclaw

[feuerfunke.livejournal.com]

I'm absolutely with Evy and you on this point. Some wizards and witches even went so far as to cast simple protection spells on the Muggle houses in their neighbourhood. Wasn't that broadcasted on Potterwatch?

But that's hardly enough protection from Death Eaters and the like. Lots and lots of Muggles don't live near a wizard who'd do that for them. And these spells wouldn't ensure the protection of their lives either.

Kat//Hufflepuff