Vernon's bullying WAs: Re: Different moral standards/Dursley's

[lizvega2]

No: HPFGUIDX 93266

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Berit Jakobsen" 
<belijako at o...> wrote:
> Geoff wrote:
> I think that he [Vernon], like Dudley, is a bully, not physically 
but 
> verbally and mentally. I would be interested to find out how he 
> treats any staff under him at work.....
> 
> Berit replies:
> 
> Well, we have canon suggesting that he treats them much in the 
same 
> way as he treats Harry...:
> 
> "Mr Dursley, however, had a perfectly normal, owl-free morning [at 
> work]. He yelled at five different people. He made several 
important 
> telephone calls and shouted a bit more. He was in a very good mood 
> until lunch-time..." (PS p. 9 UK Ed.)
> 
> So it seems that Vernon's bullying is not reserved just for Harry. 
> It's part of his personality. He even goes about it when he's in a 
> good mood :-(
> 

LizVega piping up:

I believe that the Dursley's are fully aware of how unfair their 
treatment of Harry is. When Harry's first letter from Hogwarts comes 
in PS- its' addressed to his cupboard. That freaked them out, when 
they realized that someone knew their nephew was sleeping in a 
cupboard under the stairs. The letter prompted the move from 
the 'cupboard under the stairs' to the 'smallest bedroom, #4 Privet 
Drive, &co.'

If the Dursleys don't think they're doing Harry any harm, why would 
they move him to the bedroom? I always like to think that most of 
us, while honest and respectable!, behave differently when other's 
are around. 

Just a thought
LizVega