Twins and Duddley/Snape as an abuser

[captainconk]

No: HPFGUIDX 145531

Bruce:
> It seems to me that you don't see the difference between what 
> the Twins did to Dudley and what the Death Eaters did to the 
> Robinson family at the QWC.  
> 
> The Robinsons were minding their own business when a bunch of 
> Death Eaters came along and levitated them upside down just 
> for the fun of it.
> 
> Dudley had made a career of tormenting his younger, smaller, 
> weaker cousin, and had made a habit of eating anything that 
> didn't eat him first.  Now he was at the other end of the 
> torment AND as a direct consequence of his inability to 
> refrain from stuffing his fat, ugly face.

SNIP A BUNCH


Captainconk:

I must admit when I read this scene (the twins and Dudley and 
the TTT) I cheered, because I feel like he did have something 
coming. He's a jerk and that is just canon. After reading this 
thread for however long it's been going on now, I can kinda see 
where the "Dudley was a victim of muggle bating" argument is 
coming from. 

It's kind of like the, "why don't you pick on someone your own 
size" idea. If the twins had say fought Dudley with no magic, 
or just had an argument or something along those lines NOT USING 
MAGIC, that would have been fair. But is it fair to use a 
technique that both sides cannot use? Dudley is guilty of this 
as well with Harry, using brute force when Harry clearly cannot 
fight back with the same effectiveness, but Harry also never 
resorted to magic to get back at Dudley (on purpose that is), 
not to mention that it was not the Twin's fight. But that is the 
thing right? Teenagers make bad choices all the time and get 
involved with issues that are not their's. 

So yeah, using magic when both parties can't use it is wrong, 
it's bully behavior, and it's just not fair. But so is beating 
up an underweight child who clearly cannot defend himself (Not 
to mention that Harry wears glasses!!!) in the same fashion that 
he is being attacked with. 

So everyone is wrong, and we are back to the whole teenagers 
make bad decisions all the time point.