just to see some philosophical slytherins at work...

[leggiessl]

Salazar Slytherin left a Basilisk and only parseltongues could find the chamber... Do you think he did this because he wanted the muggle borns to be killed due to easy entry into the school instead of the elite purebloods he was urging for... or do you feel he created this to spite Gryffindor Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw in hope they would pay for not

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[brewingtrouble]

Frankly, I think (and could be completely wrong here, but nevermind that for the moment) that the REAL reason that Salazar was against the admission of Muggleborns for magical training was simply for reasons of security.

When he was alive, the Statute of Secrecy had, I believe, not yet been initiated. Some Muggles knew about witches and wizards. Some Muggles were trying to persecute said witches and wizards. Some were jealous, and would have wanted to use the abilities of magical people to make their own lives easier. Where is this threat coming from? Jealous Muggles. Muggles who could well be HAPPY to abuse the abilities of Muggle-born children.

It would be best for the safety of everyone concerned, if the Muggles just forgot about the whole thing and their magical children didn't receive the training they'd have needed to become fully fledged wizards and witches. They'd be oddities and curiosities, certainly... healers, and "witch-doctors", and probably amazingly "lucky" people on the whole, but with undeveloped talent they'd probably be more likely to repress their abilities as time went on.

I had an idea for a fan-fic set in the future that basically played on this whole premise... one Muggleborn wizard had a jealous brother, who later grew up to run an experimental medical technology centre that was working with nanotechnology as a treatment for genetically-based diseases... and this brother used his wizard sibling's, wife's and childrens' DNA as a blueprint for the nanites to rewrite a person's whole genetic code, basically with the potential to make EVERYONE magical. Political chaos ensues in both worlds as some folks think it's a fabulous idea, and other people fear for their lives and "the way things should be".

[leggiessl]

dude i would totally love to read that fanfic if you ever write it...

btw everytime i see your icon i giggle... it rocks... and seriously love the idea!

bred in captivity.......

[n_visibleink]

what of all the havoc on e of the muggle born children could have released into the world, not knowing what they were doing? a tantrem, a fight, a mear whim, oculd turn into a deadly situation. and isnt there a whole department in the ministry to keep things like that from happening? i think salazar was just a jerk with, as i beleive someone put rather nicely here, a hitler complex.