Baughn comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread - Less Wrong
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You shouldn't neglect the possibility that it's a law written because it seemed like a good idea, without any real way of enforcing it in general.
There are certainly plenty of those around.
Professor McGonagall more or less explicitly said though that they have ways of finding out, that this matter isn't an abstract law but is very very enforced.
Yes, but wouldn't it be reasonable to think they only have ways of finding out when presented with the money in question?