Real child abuse

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 145829

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sistermagpie" <belviso at a...> wrote:
 
Amiable Dorsai:
But isn't that why the scene is so satisfying?  The perception--
ours, Harry's, Ron's, and especially Draco's--that there *are* two
sets of rules: one for Malfoys and another for everyone else?  If he
did not feel himself above the rules that ordinary mortals must obey,
would Draco have attacked Harry so publicly?  And isn't Draco's 
comeuppance all the more sweet for that?

Magpie:
Err...well, yes as a supporter of Pureblood superiority Draco would
support one rule for the "right sort" and one rule for
everyone else, but I don't know where Harry and Ron would
get the perception that Malfoy considers himself to have
special rules for himself at school


Amiable Dorsai:
No, save for Snape's apparent inability to detect Draco's infractions,
but Draco's whole approach to life is one of demanding special
entitlement for himself, and of pouting (or worse) when he doesn't get it.

>From Harry's first meeting with him in Madame Malkin's (where Draco
introduces Harry to Pureblood snobbery), to the very scene in
question, (the ferret incident)  Draco attitude has been that Draco,
and his family, and the "right sort" of Purebloods, are something
special—for example, the ferret incident was precipitated when  Draco
attempted to hex Harry in the back after Harry returned an insult to
the Burrow and to Mrs. Weasley with an insult to Narcissa.   Draco, in
other words, may insult Harry's honorary mother at leisure, but
Draco's mom is sacrosanct.

There is a special satisfaction in seeing an attitude like that earn
its just reward.

Amiable Dorsai