Ton-tongue Dudley

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No: HPFGUIDX 145351

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Magpie" <belviso at a...> wrote:

> Magpie:
> 
> Practical jokes are very often sadistic. I'm also noticing a trend
toward a 
> pseudoinnocence defense of the twins, one that seems to suggests
they're 
> seriously far behind in their mental development when it comes to
this kind 
> of thing, and I just don't see that in them.  Not caring is not the
same as 
> not knowing.
> 
Actually, I don't think Arthur understands either. Nor does anyone
else of the WW. Look at the casual way they use memory charms. Look at
how normal the obliviation of the site manager at the Quidditch Cup.
Or how they fixed Aunt Marge's memory after her inflating incident. 

Arthur opposes to Muggle-baiting because it is discriminating and
because a Muggle cannot do anything back. I'm quite sure he has no
clue how it feels for a Muggle to suddenly find themselves objected to
something magical, to which they are utterly defenseless and always
thought it could not be real. 

As for the twins: they use a practical joke on a person they don't
like at all. They really, really don't care whether this person is a
Muggle or not. If he were a wizard they would have don exactly the
same. Now, not everybody likes practical jokers, but in the
environment of the twins there is simply nothing sadistic about the
toffees. It is not my idea of fun, but sadism is something quite
different. 

Gerry