muggle baiting vs. muggle torture

[Jordan Abel]

No: HPFGUIDX 155221

> Magpie:
> I don't see much point in arguing that the Twins are Death Eaters
> because they obviously aren't. My post was saying that I recognize
> that the Dursleys mistreat Harry and that the Twins don't ever seem
> to dislike Muggles the way a DE does.  My reaction to this scene
> doesn't depend on that.  As a Muggle I don't think it's okay that
> they would only torment me with Magic if they disapproved of
> something I did.

Random832:
Do you think that it's somehow uniquely "not ok" to use magic even
where it would be "ok" to, say, punch him in the face? I don't really
follow your logic here.

You also seem to be introducing a certain moral relativism by saying
"if they disapproved of something I did" rather than "if I did
something wrong" - is that your intention? By reducing it to that,
you're basically saying that their reasons wouldn't matter, no matter
what your actual offense was.