cynthia1960 pointed out

[conuly]

that the odds of the wizarding world remaining secret diminishes with every passing year. Not that we ever got a solid answer as to why the Statute of Secrecy (Hagrid's explanation of people wanting magic solutions is either facile or outright inane) besides the fact that otherwise the books would have to be different.

At any rate, the real question isn't "how are they managing to stay secret" or even "how long can they realistically keep this up" but "what's gonna happen when the secret comes out". Because secrets do, eventually, tend to come out - and something like this, with as many moving pieces as it's got to have? It's going to come out. Somehow I think that the non-magic population is going to find this easier to adapt to than the ostentatiously ignorant of muggles purebloods.

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[conuly]

The Quidditch World Cup pisses me off so much because, as I said upthread, a little bit of forethought could've had the campground owner and his family safely on vacation during the entire event! Sure, nobody could've imagined that the Death Eaters would stage a drunken gettogether, but "regular" oblivation is damaging too! One or two carefully targetted spells to send these people safely away would've been safer.

[rhoda_rants]

Seriously. And it does surprise me a bit that they don't have a permanent space large enough to host events like that anyway. I know there was some kind of explanation given as to why, since it's an international event, but still!

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[conuly]

Because they hardly ever get together in such large numbers blah blah blah. Like, okay? Find some really isolated space, not in freaking England which is pretty jampacked, and designate that as your "when we need a large space" place.