m|m hi!

Initially, I thought of writing a lengthy article on how a 'magic gene' is an impossibility, (the existence of Squibs and Mudbloods more or less proves this anyway), but thought the whole thing would be an elaborate proof which no one but fans would read, and it is more or less fucking stupid to waste efforts on a proof that says Harry Potter does not exist.
Real fans burst into tears, post abusive comments and head over to the editorials on mugglenet at this point of time.

Like Harry Potter, Wars, Tobacco and Microsoft, the weird 'wave your hand to say hi' is another stupid addiction habit of Mankind. So funny that historical inertia should provoke a perfectly peace war loving population of the planet into showing each other empty palms every single time they meet someone they know. what you are actually doing when you say 'hi' by waving your hand is to say 'look, I don't have a gun or a sword or a knife to attack you with', which, many of us will agree, is quite a pretty contradiction to what we actually hope for.
In fact, so many of our gestures and mannerisms are picked up and passed on through the generations when they no longer have any real significance or purpose. Only two centuries or so have passed, but isn't the 'hi gesture' going down the same path as all these needless religious rituals that some of us so passionately loathe?
Of course, we need to say hello, and acknowledge the other's presence, and I guess my point will not be valid if the 'hello' ritual extends any further than a show of your preferably clean hand, but wouldn't it be cool to have a highly individualized way to say 'hi' - imagine everyone in the world having a signature hello.