the DragonBard wrote:

nced that the Dursley home was the only safe place for

Harry to live.

	"Mr Potter, as you have apparently not been informed, I shall explain some 
of the laws that pertain to you as a wizard.  First, as a child under 
seventeen, you cannot perform magic away from Hogwarts except in self 
defense.  Also, you are not allowed to perform magic on or in front of 
muggles who do not already know of the magical world.  The punishments for 
'that' are far more severe than for underage magic use."  McGonagall warned.

	"What about coincidental magic?"  Harry asked.  "Stuff that they can't tell 
is magic, just a wierd coincidence?"

	"Well,"  McGonagall frowned, "I believe that would technically be legal.  
It would depend on if anyone was hurt, and the specific situation."

	"I was thinking of things like, making a bully trip become he could hurt 
someone, or make it so that they didn't notice the person they wanted to 
hurt."  Harry said nervously.

	"That would be fine, I believe.  

No, blast it!  It wouldn't be fine at all if Harry did it.  The reason 
for the law against underage wizardry is because the Ministry of Magic 
doesn't want tens of thousands of Sabrina Spellmans running around 
endangering the public with their bungled spells.  While Harry Potter 
seems to be freakishly gifted and infallible in this story, they aren't 
going to write their law with "except for Harry Potter because he rules".

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