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Cassirin "There, see? Everything relates to Defense," Tate said broadly, grinning a bit in the process. She'd actually managed to bring it home, which was very impressive.
"We can diverge from the subject for a moment, but just one moment, and pursue this line of thinking if you'd like. Does anyone have an opinion on Ms. Hollingberry's topic? Should witches and wizards be allowed to protect Muggles? Or more specially, are witches and wizards discouraged from doing that now?"
Having taken his parchment and quill out, Eino quickly recorded what had been discussed thus far before joining in, which he did so when given a turn with his hand raised. "I don't believe so, Professor. Muggles have long loathed our kind, evidenced by the burning of many wizards and witches in the past. It comes from fear, and fear is a difficult emotion to overcome. While many Muggles fantasize of our existence, and magic, and would rejoice in learning that it is reality, that happiness wouldn't be truly genuine, because they should like what they expect us and magic to be but not what it truly is, and having already a pre-knowledge of it, which is probably far from reality, they make them unwilling to abandon those beliefs to learn the truth." He paused to take a deep breath. Most of this ideology he had acquired from his eleven years and extensive reading. "Of course, this doesn't apply to all of them, but it is my firm belief that it does most. Still, that is only my belief, however the burning of witches and wizards is factual and should not be overlooked so easily." Muggles needed Wizards, but Wizards didn't need Muggles, so what would they benefit from? All in all, muggles had done so much harm to wizards that they had no reason to repay them.