@witchfynder_finder yeah i think dumbledore was in his “i must Repent for all my Days of being Young and Gay” phase which is unfortunate

@witchfynder_finder @Lady aren't hagrid and sirius both technically felons

it's been a long time but i swear hagrid did something and got his magic permissions removed but he still uses it by keeping his wand pieces in an umbrella

@monorail @Lady Oh yeah Hagrid's absolutely a wizard felon

I think it involved dragons but I don't remember for sure

@witchfynder_finder @monorail checking the wiki he didn’t even do anything wrong, he was just framed for opening the chamber of secrets because he was big and liked scary monsters

@Lady @monorail I don't think Sirius actually did anything either, he was just framed and did Hard Time and the record was never adjusted

@witchfynder_finder @monorail i mean technically i think escaping prison is A Crime but

@Lady @monorail Okay, I'll grant you that one

@Lady @witchfynder_finder not in germany

@monorail @Lady Wait what

@Lady @witchfynder_finder you can be charged for other crimes you commit on the way but "escaping prison" specifically is not illegal

@monorail @Lady That's wild

@Lady @witchfynder_finder iirc the justification is like "we can't really blame you for wanting to be free, that's human nature" but that's so ridiculous it can't be true

@Lady @witchfynder_finder so if the Harry potter books take place in Germany then that's ok, idr if they do though

@monorail @Lady No they're in England, but I think one of the rival schools in book 4 is German

@witchfynder_finder @Lady (I know I'm being silly)

@monorail @Lady It's hard to tell sometimes in my defense =P

@witchfynder_finder @monorail @Lady it's an unspecified north so probably russia/ussr/whatever and i am ashamed i remember this

@seventy @witchfynder_finder @monorail viktor krum remember

@Lady @seventy @witchfynder_finder what about the other school

@Lady @seventy @witchfynder_finder where are they from

@monorail @Lady @seventy Oh THEY were French, no question

@witchfynder_finder @monorail @Lady absolutely wild shit

@witchfynder_finder @Lady @seventy France is kind of like Germany. I will not be taking questions at this time

@monorail @Lady @seventy France is just Wine Germany

@witchfynder_finder @monorail @Lady germany is just beer france

@witchfynder_finder @monorail @seventy i wish france was just wine germany

@Lady @monorail @seventy A second Germany does seem preferable to a France

@seventy @monorail @Lady I always figured it was Germany since "Durmstrang" is literally just "Sturm und Drang" with the letters swapped around

@witchfynder_finder @monorail @Lady i assumed russia bc i dont know things

@seventy @witchfynder_finder @monorail « In an interview with Accio Quote J. K. Rowling stated that she thought Durmstrang was in Scandinavia, in the far north of either Sweden or Norway.[1] It is, however, depicted on maps featured on Pottermore as being in a more southern location (southern most part of Finland and into Russia right above Lake Ladoga, roughly); whether this is a change in canon or an error on the part of the artist of the map is uncertain » third possibility: nobody knows

@Lady @witchfynder_finder @monorail we can ignore everything jk rowling says of course

@seventy @Lady @monorail She was involved in Pottermore too I'm p sure so we can ignore that as well

So it's Germany

@witchfynder_finder @seventy @Lady Germany is wine France

@witchfynder_finder @seventy @Lady it's late here

@monorail @Lady @witchfynder_finder
I did a bit of searching and it is true (though not for East Germany when it existed as a country)
Among other things a draft for a law making breaking out of jail/prison illegal was rejected in 1962 because "behaviour caused by a human's natural desire of freedom should not carry a threat of punishment". (From a paper by the scientific service of the Bundestag from 2019, titled "Zur Strafbarkeit der Gefangenenselbstbefreiung", translation mine)

@monorail @Lady @witchfynder_finder HELPING someone else break out, or INCITING someone else to break out are criminal, though. 😆

@anke @monorail @Lady So just break out on your own, got it

@monorail @Lady @witchfynder_finder
And it doesn't confer immunity for other crimes committed during a breakout, like damage to property or assault.