Why to Like and Not Like OoP

[Dan Feeney]

No: HPFGUIDX 70717

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, <monkshoodgardens at c...> wrote:
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>   --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Dan Feeney" <dark30 at v...> 
>   wrote:
>   When I saw Harry bullying his cousin in the first chapter, I was 
>   appalled and disgusted
>   Then Diana said:
>   I looked at it differently than being appalled and disgusted.  
Dudley 
>   has been bullying Harry his whole life. I think Dudley deserved 
>   whatever Harry was to give him.  Harry could not stick up for 
himself 
>   before magic since Dudley was so huge, so now that Harry has 
>   a "weapon" it only made sense that he could threaten Dudley with 
it. 
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>   Now Me (Macha):
>   I must say I agree with Diana...I did not see Harry 
as "bullying" Dudley...Harry has been Dudley's punching bag for the 
majority of his life and his anger has been steadily growing as he, 
himself, has been growing. He's now at an age (and at a high level 
of experience in the WW=fighting V/seeing unthinkable horrors most 
adults don't have to contend with)...he appears to be just looking 
for a way (in that given moment...and he has many of these...of 
frustration/resentment) in which to get some release. It's not 
surprising or unusual that he appears to be walking around with a 
chip on his shoulder...I don't believe for a moment that he ever 
intended to use magic on Dudley....just to antagonize him a 
bit...that is, he was sporting for a fight. Afterall, Harry didn't 
have to save Dudley from the dementor....I would have been shocked 
had he not done so, but he did further risk himself to do so.
> 
>   Just my .02,
>   Macha


Again, my post was deleted for bad words, but let me point out that 
I defended Harry on humanitarian grounds, and that my > marks were 
gone from Diana's post. The quote is not mine but part of the post I 
disagreed with. I submit that neither the witch wizard world nor the 
muggle world in the books seems able to protect the innocent, rather 
like the RW, so Harry does try to do so - he is defending the Evans 
boy, according to HP. This I applaud. The original poster's quote 
seems to have become mine - as I pointed out, a list elf deleted my 
response for a couple "words that must not be used" and it created 
some confusion. I was appalled and disgusted by nothing that HP did 
in OOP, I want that to be clear, since my theories about the boy in 
the closet (either real or figurative) and about the spiritual DNA 
extending from the founders on through down to voldemort and potter, 
will be severely tainted if anyone on the list thinks I posted anti-
Harry stuff.