Etiquette WAS Re: polite Dumbledore?

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 142627

> Sherry:
> Dumbledore's behavior to the Dursleys hardly counts as bullying to 
me, when
> I consider the years of hell Harry went through at their tender 
mercies.
> Dumbledore's treatment was exactly right, in my opinion.  

a_svirn:

Well, it was Dumbledore who left him to their tender mercies in the 
first place. They certainly didn't ask for the job. Besides, what it 
has to say to anything? They may be as bad as they come, but 
Dumbledore behaviour would still be a "glorious" bit of bullying. 

> Sherry:
If Harry wasn't
> interested, i see that more as he just wanting to get out of 
there, and not
> a judgment on Dumbledore's actions.  Dumbledore, as you say the 
most
> powerful wizard in the world, could have done a heck of a lot more 
to them
> than just be a little gloriously rude.  

a_svirn:
So they actually had to thank him that he didn't turn them into 
tapeworms? How remiss of them not to express their gratitude!

> Sherry:
I thought it was wonderful.  still
> one of my favorite scenes in all the books.  It was someone else 
being rude
> to them on Harry's behalf for a change.  fantastic!

a_svirn:
What do you mean "for a change"? We have seen wizards being rude to 
them on Harry's behalf from the book 1.