Oh you're actually referring to the tape measure...
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Well, ever since that incident back in '72, I'm only allowed to measure stuff in public with a brand name tape measure.
Still, leave me alone with a toy and it is all random.
Hmm. It is 23' from this random spot to that wall. Measured absolutely nothing. But it measured.
Yea was one of the first things I thought about. Even if it a fantasy story there are so many issues that are similar. The Ministry of Magic is just like our own bureaucracy refusing to identify and name the enemy and that will solve the problem. The kids, teachers and parents have to fight force with force. No laws kept the enemy from using dark magic to meet their ends.