On the other hand (was Re: Disliked Uncle Vernon)

[Doriane]

No: HPFGUIDX 93101


Siriusly Snapey Susan said :

> Playing devil's advocate a bit here....  You have no right to 
> force moral standards on the Dursleys?  Why not?  Are there no 
> universal moral standards for treatment of others?  I find that 
> unpalatable.  Civilization depends upon certain mores and 
> legalized moralities, does it not?  

Del answers :

Which civilization ? Every society has its own moral standards, upon 
which every member of this society doesn't even necessarily agree. 
Your society and my society have different standards (I'm French, 
you must be American or British, right ? So there's at least one BIG 
recent example when our national moral codes clashed...), and maybe 
we don't even agree with all of them.
So WHICH standards should we enforce on others, and based on what ? 
Usually, it's simply the stronger that enforces its morals on the 
weaker. Like the Dursleys did on Harry. Or like Harry's wizard 
friends did on the Dursleys at the end of OoP. But because we like 
Harry and not the Dursleys, we approve only of one of those 
occasions, how fair is that ?

Del