Harry at the Dursleys

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No: HPFGUIDX 118421


> Kethryn again -
 Again, I would be willing to lay better than even odds that Petunia 
expected Harry to dodge the frying pan (I'm at school and I don't 
have my books so Ican't look that passage up and I only vaguly 
remember it).


Alla:

No, she did not expect him to dodge the frying pan. (I reserve the 
possibility that I could be wrong, but very small one, because I 
remember passage well, but don't have the book with me right now)

Kethryn:

> As for not eating, I remember thinking that one missed meal was THE 
END OF THE WORLD and, yes, the capslocks are done a-purpose.

Alla:

Harry is ALWAYS hungry at Dursleys, not just missing one meal or two. 
When he eats, he describes in details what he is given and I don't 
know, but to  me it clearly does not seem to be enough,


Kethryn:
> I see Vernon's actions as enabling Dudley to be a bully.  You see 
it as abuse.  ~Shrugs~ it's just different readings and a different 
belief set,really.  Ce la vie, we will just have to agree to disagree.

Alla:

So, you are saying that Dursleys themselves did not abuse Harry at 
all, EVER (and yes, Dudley is definitely a bully too)?

Yeah, we most definitely have to agree to disagree, because even 
though much worse cases of abuse exist, this one is definitely it, 
IMO.