[HPforGrownups] Re: Is Lucius Malfoy Abusive?

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No: HPFGUIDX 112255

In a message dated 9/7/04 7:41:37 AM Mountain Daylight Time, 
cldrolet at sympatico.ca writes:

> I was physically abused by my grandfather.  I was relieved, to say the 
> least, when he died, although it had been some months since I had last suffered 
> at his hands.  Yet when Malfoy, Sr is slapped in prison, Draco is angrier than 
> ever at HP, to the point of personal threats.  I would think Draco would be 
> relieved the old man is gone for a bit and that he'll be master of the roost 
> at home, but he's not.  Not that I would expect him to walk up to HP and 
> thank him....
> 

Not all abused children are relieved when the abuser is out of the way. Some 
lie to have them back in their lives. Some don't even think of it as abuse. 
But short of verbal abuse I don't LM is physically abusing Draco.
Danielle


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