Moral messages (and Hagrid)

[Megan]

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cat_kind wrote:
> If gluttony is a sin, why all this wonderful food all around? 
> Ron's also quite keen on his dinner if I recall correctly.
> 
> Or is there a technical definition of gluttony beyond eating lots  > that I don't know?


skater314159 now:

This reminds me of a story one of my professors/Rabbis told me where 
he said "Think of life as a banquet - there are all sorts of food on 
the table... the only setback is that there are only utensils with six foot handles! People who are greedy and think only of themselves sit and complain that they can't feed themselves while those who share and think of others feed their neighbors with their fork and have their neighbors feed them".

I think Dudley is a "glutton" because he often had the most and the 
best when Harry was right beside him and was being treated badly by 
Petunia and Vernon... he could (should?) have shared or spoken up when he saw that he was getting treated better than Harry unfairly. But he chose not to speak up; I think he really *enjoyed* being treated better.

I think what makes Dudley (and others) a "glutton" is that he wants 
the best for himself, he doesnt share, he doesn't question inequality, and he thinks he *deserves* being coddled simply because of who he is.  I think to not be a glutton, one should look at those with less and see that could be them under different circumstances, and then help them out. It seems not to be just about food/eating.

But that is just my thinking.

Skater314159