If I ever wrote a magical America, I'd make the Salem Witch Trials have nothing to do with real wizards at all. Just for the delicious irony of it.

 

Yes there is a Ministry in Bulgaria, but what no english prank are you talking about? the only thing I can think of is in Santi's Harry Potter and the Boy Who Lived, and as much as i wish it was, it isnt canon.

 

Honestly, we don't know if there's a connection between blood purity and the dark arts. That could very well be the case in Britain, but it doesn't seem to hold true necessarily, as we see with any number of 'light' families that don't seem to be practiced in the dark arts. It's flimsy in canon at best, but I have no problem inferring at least some of that. The issue of blood purity never comes up with regards to Durmstrang; the only allusion to it is Malfoy saying that his father wanted to send him there because of their stance on dark arts. Logically, that doesn't preclude the possibility that he'd be the ONLY pureblood there.

 

...are you a retard?

 

Or you could just make up even more shit and present it as fact.

Firstly, use proper grammar...

Secondly. Its not contempt to pull a prank like they did, its more of a childish joke. Most probably it was to do with Fudge, rather than with the British as a whole.

How can we infer anything about the Slavic nations from Durmstrang? We know nothing about Durmstrang from which to infer...not least of what we don't know is where Durmstrang is. We don't know that Durmstrang teaches the Dark Arts, we just know that a few British school kids think it does. Given what else the same school kids think about things, lets give that a small pinch of salt right there.

And finally, use proper grammar. I suggest looking at the stickied rules threads for some guidance.

 

Is that seriously in the books? Wow, I guess its time to reread them.

But, I agree with Mordecai.

 

Book 4 the Bulgarian's don't understand Fudge, I just reread the chapter and its never mentioned that they actually understand him and are playing a prank. Its a bit childish for a senior statesman as I previously mentioned. In all likelihood they don't actually speak English.

 

(Chapter Eight of GoF)

 

Really? Must have missed it.

 

That's more a joke on Fudge, who's to this point a comical character who is far from impressive. It's not a slight against all of England.

 

Actually Malfoy at one point boasts about the possibility that hem almost went to Durmstrang where they taught a "proper" curriculum, but I forget which book

 

The last two sentences of the post you quoted. Read them.

 

What am I missing? I posted a quote supporting the fact I put forth.

 

I bolded it to help you. The quote you posted is irrelevant as it was already addressed before you posted it.

 

I gave the quote because it actually says that Malfoy's father know the Headmaster of Durmstrang, now I'm not positive but I have a feeling that if a man is "chummy" with a headmaster he should have a fair idea of what headmaster teaches. That combined with the fact that both are Death Eaters gave me the impression that Malfoy isn't too far off base with his boasts. It's not "school kids" who are spouting this off hand, it's a school kid whose father is in the know. If you read the whole quote you find that Draco gets his information from his father, for clarification.

 

The fact that his dad knows Karkaroff doesn't automatically mean that he's correct. Hell, it doesn't even mean that the information comes from Karkaroff - the fact that they're both death eaters doesn't automatically mean they were close or stayed close. It's more than likely that Malfoy's full of shit, as he is about damn near everything else.

 

So you're saying that if you were going to send your only son to a boarding school, you wouldn't inquire about the curriculum your son might engage in? and if you just so happen to be an acquaintance of the headmaster of said school, you wouldn't ask the man who runs the school about the school's strengths? Malfoy spouts bullshit, but I doubt he would bullshit about something he's so enthusiastic in.

 

I'm saying that it doesn't serve as any sort of conclusive evidence about a subject any more than the other bullshit Malfoy spouts does. When you have to make assumptions about what reasonable people would do, you're stepping out of Harry Potter canon and into a place where parents aren't alright with watching children fight massive firebreathing monsters or keeping them around when a mass murderer's on the loose and has been sighted in their kid's room.

 

No. He's saying Malfoy says "My father this" and "My father that" every time he turns around. Nearly everything he says is bullshit. There's no reason to believe this isn't more bullshit, spewed to impress those around him. None. For that matter that Malfoy saying he "almost went to Durmstrang" is quite possibly bullshit. That could mean anything from a desultory comment at the dinner table to actually signing him up and then pulling out. It's a kid boasting.

 

I always took it to mean that Rowling was using him as a means to explain a few things about Durmstrung, also implying that the headmaster was a Deatheater.