Identifying Enemies (was:Bullying WAS: Re: Prodigal Sons)

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 140886

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at y...> wrote:

> Betsy Hp:
> Enemy? Who said anything about enemies?  I, for one, would be 
> completely shocked if Hagrid turned out to be a closet Death 
Eater.  
> However he did physically attack a Muggle child because that 
child's 
> father angered him.  Dudley wasn't seriously hurt (though he was 
> forced to undergo surgery), and I'm sure Hagrid acted out of anger 
> rather than prejudice.  But at the same time JKR has never had 
Snape 
> act in a similar fashion.
> 

Allie now:

But it wasn't because he was a muggle, it was because they were both 
"stupid gits."  


> I seriously doubt Molly is interested in subjugating the Muggle 
> population, but she does consider Muggles as less intelligent or 
> capable than wizards.  I think that's why she so quickly believed 
> reports that Hermione was a "scarlet woman". (Who knows how those 
> Muggles had raised the poor girl.) 

I never got the impression that Molly believed the story because 
Hermione is a muggle-born.  It's just JKR playing on the press and 
telling us not to believe everything we read.  

>And they *left* (didn't offer so 
> they'd be around if Dudley ate it) a piece of candy that caused 
> Dudley's tongue to swell to such a degree he couldn't breath.  If 
> Arthur hadn't been there I think the only possible way Dudley 
could 
> have been saved is if someone had cut out his tongue.  

Again - it's only because Dudley's such a little pig that that 
happens at all.  Has nothing to do with being a muggle.

(I know this thread was about Snape and being a death eater, but I 
really don't believe that JKR is painting the twins as anything 
other than Merry Pranksters, I know this has been the subject of 
much debate.)

Allie