Daily Prophet, Morning Edition
Date: Thursday, 24 May
Time: Morning Edition
Rating: G
Madness, or the Radical Beginnings of Social Change?
Editorial by Glinda Goodfeather
Nearly six months ago, this publication reported on the first appeal to be filed under the Ministry's Adjusted Registry System. That appeal, on behalf of one Mrs. Millicent Morsus, was successful just over a month ago. It was a triumph for those members of society who, through no direct fault of their own, have been lumped in with the true criminals and monsters on the Registry.
However, it is this editor's opinion that the Ministry's decision to allow Registrants to petition for removal may have merely opened the doors for more unsavory sorts than Mrs. Morsus to push the restraints of this legal institution.
It has recently come to my attention that a new appeals case under the registry has been brought to the courts, a hearing date set for 20 August 2001. If successful, this appeal would put two of the registry's more dangerous individuals free and loose on the streets of our society. Jackson Bingley, of Thompson, Bingley, and Drake, filed the initial paperwork earlier this month on behalf of Mandy Brocklehurst, 21, and Zak Rollins, 20.
What crimes or connections might have landed these two on the Registry?
Brocklehurst and Rollins are werewolves.
Yes, that's correct. Werewolves may soon be loose and free amoung you with nothing to identify them for the dangerous creatures they are.
The fact that a hearing date is even a possibility means our government and law-makers believe there is some possibility such creatures might be innocent! How can a werewolf not be a werewolf?
A spokesperson for Thompson, Bingley, and Drake told me that "Miss Brocklehurst and Mr. Rollins have been afflicted with the a terrible condition, it is true. But, other than being the victims of a tragic life, neither of these young people participated in any of the destruction and violence attributed to werewolves during the war and they do not deserve to be punished for crimes others committed any more than a wife deserves to be punished for her connections to her husband and parents if she took no verifiable active part."
So, these solicitors would have us believe the crime of being a werewolf is not enough of a crime to merit monitoring for others' safety?
True, neither Rollins nor Brocklehurst can be placed at the scene of any of the atrocities of war. However, true also both werewolves currently live with the two most controversial 'Heroes' of the war -- Severus Snape, former death eater and pardoned murderer, and Remus Lupin, a werewolf known for his radical views on werewolf segregation (he's against it) and his inexplicable connections of 'friendship' to the Saviour of the World, Harry Potter. Indeed, Lupin appears to have been leading a small group of werewolves, perhaps including Rollins and Brocklehurst, who are rumored to have fought alongside Potter against their fellows fighting for He Who Must Not Be Named -- if you can believe that werewolves would fight for a world they do not belong in.
With such infamous housemates, can such creatures really be found innocent of their participation in the wars? Can we truly trust the Ministry to keep these dangerous individuals on a very short leash?
Perhaps our society will find it more expedient to return to the practices of just a generation ago -- put the creatures down before they can do any harm to human beings.
Time: Morning Edition
Rating: G
Madness, or the Radical Beginnings of Social Change?
Editorial by Glinda Goodfeather
Nearly six months ago, this publication reported on the first appeal to be filed under the Ministry's Adjusted Registry System. That appeal, on behalf of one Mrs. Millicent Morsus, was successful just over a month ago. It was a triumph for those members of society who, through no direct fault of their own, have been lumped in with the true criminals and monsters on the Registry.
However, it is this editor's opinion that the Ministry's decision to allow Registrants to petition for removal may have merely opened the doors for more unsavory sorts than Mrs. Morsus to push the restraints of this legal institution.
It has recently come to my attention that a new appeals case under the registry has been brought to the courts, a hearing date set for 20 August 2001. If successful, this appeal would put two of the registry's more dangerous individuals free and loose on the streets of our society. Jackson Bingley, of Thompson, Bingley, and Drake, filed the initial paperwork earlier this month on behalf of Mandy Brocklehurst, 21, and Zak Rollins, 20.
What crimes or connections might have landed these two on the Registry?
Brocklehurst and Rollins are werewolves.
Yes, that's correct. Werewolves may soon be loose and free amoung you with nothing to identify them for the dangerous creatures they are.
The fact that a hearing date is even a possibility means our government and law-makers believe there is some possibility such creatures might be innocent! How can a werewolf not be a werewolf?
A spokesperson for Thompson, Bingley, and Drake told me that "Miss Brocklehurst and Mr. Rollins have been afflicted with the a terrible condition, it is true. But, other than being the victims of a tragic life, neither of these young people participated in any of the destruction and violence attributed to werewolves during the war and they do not deserve to be punished for crimes others committed any more than a wife deserves to be punished for her connections to her husband and parents if she took no verifiable active part."
So, these solicitors would have us believe the crime of being a werewolf is not enough of a crime to merit monitoring for others' safety?
True, neither Rollins nor Brocklehurst can be placed at the scene of any of the atrocities of war. However, true also both werewolves currently live with the two most controversial 'Heroes' of the war -- Severus Snape, former death eater and pardoned murderer, and Remus Lupin, a werewolf known for his radical views on werewolf segregation (he's against it) and his inexplicable connections of 'friendship' to the Saviour of the World, Harry Potter. Indeed, Lupin appears to have been leading a small group of werewolves, perhaps including Rollins and Brocklehurst, who are rumored to have fought alongside Potter against their fellows fighting for He Who Must Not Be Named -- if you can believe that werewolves would fight for a world they do not belong in.
With such infamous housemates, can such creatures really be found innocent of their participation in the wars? Can we truly trust the Ministry to keep these dangerous individuals on a very short leash?
Perhaps our society will find it more expedient to return to the practices of just a generation ago -- put the creatures down before they can do any harm to human beings.