A contract is a contract is a contract.

[Bruce Alan Wilson]

No: HPFGUIDX 142963

"a_svirn:
I don't see what difference it makes for the Dursley's. From where
they are standing they are still being intimidated by wizards.
Whether the wizards in question are aurors or convicts is of little
importance to them. The point is that they are all magical and the
Dorsey's don't want to have anything to do with magic."

Bruce:
In which case they shouldn't have taken Harry in in the first place.  Nobody
forced them to.  They were given a choice.  They could have sent him to a Muggle
orphanage as Aunt Marge suggested, or they could have told DD that Harry was a
wizardling brat and that the WW should take care of him.  They didn't.  They
took him in and established a contract, one which they violated.  Having
violated it, they are fair game.  That Dumbledore didn't turn them all into
frogs is a sign of his mercy.

Bruce