"Is it, Sirius?" Remus gave food for thought. "Your own mother disowned you because your tie had the wrong colour. Is it really so far-fetched that muggles, who are by far not as powerful as we are, will get scared and try to eradicate a possible threat? There is a reason for the Statute of Secrecy. The Salem Witch burnings were neither the first nor the last time our people were prosecuted."