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Aaron raised his hand remembering the history his dad told him. "While Voldemort was at large, didn't Death Eaters attack muggles and destroy buildings and such?" Then another thought popped into his head. "And my dad said he heard a rumor at the ministry that every new Minister of Magic meets the Muggle Prime minister. Would that count as well?"
"Indeed. Deatheaters were responible for several statue breaches, though a large number of the muggles they exposed their magic to, were subsequently murdered, thereby getting past the law and not constituting a Statute breech, merely a different sort of crime. The relation between the Minister of Magic and the leadership of the muggle world is an exception as governed by a clause that was written in to the Statute upon its establishment."
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LilFox06 Carter raised his hand. "Well, the most obvious would be parents or siblings related to a witch or a wizard." he said thinking of his own parents.
"This is where the majority of small scale breaches occur, and most obliviator work is applied in these situations."
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Magenta "The muggles killed other muggles only because they thought they were killing us" Magenta replied hastily. The boys growing discomfor was evident. Perhaps it was a good idea to back off a little for now.
A ravenclaw raised her hand and spoke in turn, something she didn't seem to be able to adhere to. Her small speech resulted in an embarrassed Magenta sliding down in her seat. She didn't feel she was wrong, she simply realised she was speaking her mind a litte to freely at an inappropriate time. She rolled her eyes and screwed up her nose a little, looking towards the girl who'd laughed at her last indiscrepancy. At least they were on the same level.
Ethan continued wandering around and paused next to the Slytherin girl with all the opinions. He did not have a problem with her input, but he was pleased to see her check herself so that she did not upset others. The fact was that there was nothing wrong with her opinion and it did the others good to hear something different, even if they did not agree with it morally. Ethan himself was not particularly pro-anything except perhaps pro-opinion and healthy debate.
Enlightenment was a good thing regardless of what your viewpoint was.
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Nicholas Flamel Tavelon's hand shot up "The 1994 Quidditch World Cup, Muggles were attacked" he said. Tavelon had been reading about the cup when he found out it was going to be held in England that year.
"Good example." Ethan nodded. "Indeed sporting events like Quidditch and Quodpot are directly effected by the statute. Disillusionment charms are put in place and locations are chosen carefully."
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Ratel Arrick frowned, digesting what Professor Truebridge had said. Strangely enough, it was the one thing that made sense out of everything he'd seen and learned at Hogwarts and the wizarding world thus far.
He scrawled 'fear' messily in the margins of his textbook in pen as he thought, half-listening as the class continued.
Ah, notetaking. Something Truebridge appreciated greatly. He walked past the young 'puff and nodded approvingly.
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Lezleighd Satine thought about the statute and then had a question, so she raised her hand and asked, "Professor, is the reason it's such a huge issue for students to use magic outside of Hogwarts/school because it has something to do with the statute? I mean it's not like a war or something that would break it, but would the statue be a contributing factor to that rule...."
"That is a contributing factor, you are right. While you are learning you are far more likely to make mistakes and leave evidence of magic behind you. Learning control is the most important thing. This is something I'll have you all look into for homework. The connections between the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery and the Statute of secrecy. If you wish to read more than what is provided in your textbook, there is a good book in the library called 'Muggles Who Notice'. The majority of the cases cited within that particular tome are examples of underage magic."
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Magenta Magenta never thought she was from a prejudiced family, just a superior one but it was clear she'd have to comply to the views held by nearly everyone else in the class. She'd lost her train of thought though she thought she'd heard the professor ask for examples of breaches of the statute. Listening to the classes responses, that was deffinately what he'd said.
"Does it count as a breach if the muggles don't realise that magic is that cause of what they're seeing?" she asked, trying to put constructive input into the class. "The second wizarding war for example, they thought they were witnessing natural disasters but were infact witnessing the work of death eaters" she finished, hoping this wasn't touching too much on the seemingly taboo subject again.
"Part of why they believed they were witnessing natural disasters is because the obliviators are very good at their jobs. Some memory charms change memories of events and, if the eye witnesses think they are seeing... say, a freak hurricane, their descriptions will subtly shift to support their perception. People don't like to be doubted and so any factual support for something 'unbelievable' will be latched on to and the story will change as a result. If the muggle doesn't know something fishy is going on and just accepts it straight up, then there is no breach, the statute remains intact." Ethan answered.
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Herminny Herminny instantly raised her and said, "Clause 73 which puts each individual wizarding governing body in charge of control of magical creatures has been breached repeatedly, with the countries of Scotland and Tibet among the worst offenders. Scotland is home to the world's largest kelpie, which is known to the Muggle world as the Loch Ness Monster, and is the subject of repeated sightings. In Tibet, the number of Yeti sightings has prompted the International Confederation of Wizards to station an International Task Force in the mountains on a permanent basis.
Other breaches of Clause 73 include the Ilfracombe Incident in 1932 which is basically where a welsh grren dragon attacked a group of sunbathers. Pretty horrible stuff.".
"The Loch Ness Monster, Yetis and indeed the Ilfracombe Incident are some of the biggest and well-known breaches." Ethan agreed as Herminny shared from the textbook again.
"Clause 73 states:
'Each wizarding governing body will be responsible for the concealment, care and control of all magical beasts, beings, and spirits dwelling within its territory's borders. Should any such creature cause harm to, or draw the notice of, the Muggle community, that nation's wizarding governing body will be subject to discipline by the International Confederation of Wizards' Can anyone tell me, with respect to breaches in Tibet in particular; who is responsible for enforcing clause 73 and how they do it?"
In other words, had they been listening to their classmates and did they know what methods kept things in check?