Right now, I'm watching Harry Potter, film 3.
And I've got a question.
In the potter world, every wizard walks around armed. Every wizard over the age of 11 carries a wand - even if they can't use it effectively.
We've seen children inflict injuries and curses on each other, putting each other in the hospital wing. Total paralysis in book one, anyone?
Even teenagers can KILL - see the half-blood prince. Kill with little more then a few words and a gesture.
Consider - this is the most popular childrens work of our age. An essential point in the book is that all wizards are trained to defend themselves against their enemies.
My question is...why in the real world is defense forbidden? The criminal penalties for carrying a weapon are huge, and seem to be getting larger as the years go by.
It is illegal to carry anything with the intent of using it as a weapon to defend yourself. Even a paperclip.
Why?
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Sorry to seem boring but it would be nice to hear a bit about Canada - you know: what is life like over there, is it very different, what is the weather like, the surroundings you are in. Have you been any where interesting or seen any thing different............ etc etc
Am happy to let you all know, carrying things such as paperclips, toothpicks, stick, cane even pepperspray with the intent of defending yourself is absolutly legal in Canada.
As for Harry Im now at the start of the fourth book... and as I recall wasnt he always helped by someone else (dumbledore, the hat and the phoenix, mr. weasley (at the quiddich world cup), the only time was the patronas charm he had seen himself do before so he knew he could do it... and even that , hed been training for a while for it.
I say we should all be armed to the teef, and as the bible says AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A LIFE FORA LIFE, as in asian countrys they dont want to be banged up
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