Dear JKR,
*dodges fireblls*
I have a rather large issue with the way the wizarding world treats muggles. No, I don't feel they should integrate or reveal themselves to the general public (the witch trials were nasty for all concerned, and I don't have enough faith in humanity to think we've improved enough for it to go smoothly these days), but a limited reveal to parents of muggleborns is needed.
Think about it -- these parents would be let in on the secret when thier kids started Hogwarts, anyway; they'd only benefit to know about things from the start.
Sure, some might snap and try to kill their kids or something, but this is why you keep an eye on 'em. Wipe their memories, give the kid to a nice foster family, and convince the homidal parent that it was crib death, terrible tragedy.
As for the ones who accept it on the level of finding out your kid has a natural talent for the piano and a scholarship to Juliard lined up, they'd really appreciate having some way of contacting 'Muggle Services' or something to that effect when they're at a loss as to how to deal with the cat being stuck on the ceiling.
People, on the whole, fear that which they do not understand. Education leads to understanding. Understanding leads to acceptance. Acceptance leads to a world where, if word did get out, it wouldn't end in attempted genocide.
*dodges fireblls*
I have a rather large issue with the way the wizarding world treats muggles. No, I don't feel they should integrate or reveal themselves to the general public (the witch trials were nasty for all concerned, and I don't have enough faith in humanity to think we've improved enough for it to go smoothly these days), but a limited reveal to parents of muggleborns is needed.
Think about it -- these parents would be let in on the secret when thier kids started Hogwarts, anyway; they'd only benefit to know about things from the start.
Sure, some might snap and try to kill their kids or something, but this is why you keep an eye on 'em. Wipe their memories, give the kid to a nice foster family, and convince the homidal parent that it was crib death, terrible tragedy.
As for the ones who accept it on the level of finding out your kid has a natural talent for the piano and a scholarship to Juliard lined up, they'd really appreciate having some way of contacting 'Muggle Services' or something to that effect when they're at a loss as to how to deal with the cat being stuck on the ceiling.
People, on the whole, fear that which they do not understand. Education leads to understanding. Understanding leads to acceptance. Acceptance leads to a world where, if word did get out, it wouldn't end in attempted genocide.