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Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory.

Today we'll be discussing why in Merlin's beard convicted criminals get to keep their ones,

but expelled children do not.

During the events of the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter learns the reason

Hagrid isn't allowed to own a wand or perform magic. He was expelled from Hogwarts to

the mere age of 13. His wand, taken from him and destroyed. His future also taken from him and destroyed. Told future, also taken from him and destroyed.

Told that he could no longer practice magic, Hagrid was turned away from the majority of the

wizarding community in disgrace before he even reached the age of 14. The only reason he was

able to continue to be actively involved in magical society at all, was due to the kindness and generosity

of Albus Dumbledore, as the professor never believed that young Rubius was capable of

the crime that got him expelled.

And indeed, as it turns out, Hagrid was innocent and had been falsely accused by Tom Riddle,

the future Lord Voldemort, for opening the Chamber of Secrets,

which, of course, the devious 16-year-old Riddle was actually responsible for. Now, I suppose you could

make the argument that the severity of Hagrid's expulsion was due to the fact that a young

witch was killed as a result of the Chamber of Secrets being reopened. But that doesn't actually make all that much sense when you consider the not even convicted

criminals who actually torture, murder people with their own hands,

lose their ones when they're sent to Asgaban,

nor are these convicts forbidden from practicing magic upon their release.

So what I want to know is, how does that make any sense at all? Of course,

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