@matrix Rowling's books only further justify the witch trials
@matrix there are plot holes in the harry potter books

this isn't one of them
@matrix The Ministry if Magic(ruling class) is both obscenely incompetent and obscenely cruel both for political expediency and posturing
It's a case of Rowlling accidentally telling the truth
@matrix @SNEK @matrix Authors write what they know. And as an upstanding bongistani, Rowling wrote the magical british government to mirror the mundane one: a totalitarian surveillance state thats really good at making sure its citizens live in fear and misery at all times but sucks at everything else.

Its a plot point that if a student uses unloicensed magic outside of designated witching zones they'll be immediately caught on CC scrying bowls and have their magic spigot turned off.
@matrix Any serious Black winds up in prison at some point in their lives; so no, Rowling didn't make a mistake.
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