[HPforGrownups] Re: Scene with likeable James WAS: Re: Eileen Pince

[Kemper]

No: HPFGUIDX 156354

> IreneMikhlin <irene_mikhlin at btopenworld.com> wrote:
> Do you thing that Dudley is a perfectly normal teenage boy as well? If
> no, can you please provide a definition of "bully" that includes Dudley
> but excludes the Pensieve scene?
>
> And I'm going to repeat it again: "everyone is doing it" is a silly
> justification, that a bully himself can use. But unworthy of a grown-up
> person. In a group of 30 teenagers only 1 or 2 can be bullies. There
> will be one or two victims, and the rest will be neutral. Enablers, if
> you will. *Not everyone is doing it*.
>
>
> Joe responded:
>
> If everyone is doing it then it isn't bullying it is normal behavior dictated by the society at large. If it is so horrible and abnormal where are the Prefects? It was a large crowd surely there was one near by.
> 


Kemper now:
Lupin's a Prefect. And he's near by.
It's obvious in text that he /knows/ the instigation of the fight
(leaving out the 'b' word) is wrong.   But he does nothing.  Why?
Because he's not strong enough to stand up to his friends.  Neville
has bigger balls at age 11 than Lupin does at age 15.  Maybe the wolf
was neutered.

Kemper