“...the no-maj makes me not want to even see the movie. So stupid and trite after all of her wonderful names and descriptions in Potter.”

BUT!, only if the writer wants to. Perhaps they want to embellish, exaggerate, make shit up, ... ... ... ya know ... create a fictional tale.

“...into the story as well as some fictitious elements, but that what actually happened takes precedence.”

I do believe that the fictional world is set in the confines of fictional actual history that may or may not resemble our own actual history, therefore it does not have to actually make sense at all.

“If you think appropriating and marginalizing the beliefs of a people whom England played a role in almost wiping out isn’t something to be offended by, you really, really need to do some self-reflection.”

“There are fantasy novels where magic is real and it’s historically accurate.”

“...often stretching to find reason to be upset or offended.”

It’s fictional.

Applying real world effects to a fictional tale ... ... ... makes sense ... no, it really doesn’t.

Could it be that different cultures and subsets of society call the same thing by different names? O My God! What a Fu(%in’ concept, so hard to explain and even harder to understand!

Stop reading, listening to, and or watching fiction then and return to your auto-biographies.

It is a smattering of thought, a sprinkling of story telling, intertwined with a myriad of fiction, meant to tickle the senses, and invigorate ones imagination.

And Harry Potter is essentially based on a completely different time line that may and/or may not line up with our real world. That’s why it is a fictional tale.

It’s fiction ... hence why it says in the Potterverse.

O good gadz ... do shut the hell up!

@Erick Brassfield: Interesting article. Thank you for sharing that.

@ErickBrassfield: They did not state how they died as they felt that could compromise their case. And a total shot in the dark, but biological weapons spring to mind as a great example. Remember, us humans are an inventive yet treacherous lot with shrinking moral ground.

No brainer for some, utter and complete bafflement for others.

Boy, all that could really slow down machines taking over the world!

1) No one else uses my PC, so that doesn’t fit, BUT