The Train Scene GoF / Draco's Crying (long)

[kat7555]

No: HPFGUIDX 162588

> bboyminn:
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> When you are confronted with threatening intimidating
> behavior, you have to stand your ground. You have to make
> it perfectly clear that you will not be threatened or
> intimidated. Why do bullies bully; because they can, and
> when they realize they can't, they don't.
>
> And as a side note: Let's remember that the only thing
> harmed here on both sides are egos. Being cursed as Draco
> was, can easily be resolved. Even being stepped on as
> Draco was, while bruising to the ego, really doesn't
> cause any harm. Let's be careful not to inflate this
> beyond what it really is, a schoolyard scuffle.
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Draco gets no sympathy from me due to his calling Hermione a
Mudblood. Harry has less tolerance for bullying at school because he
has to put up with Dudley at home. The adults in Harry's life do him
no favors because they do nothing to stop the abuse. When kids are
left to handle bullies the results can be less than ideal.
Kathyk