muggle baiting vs. muggle torture

[Sydney]

No: HPFGUIDX 155402


> Magpie
> > The last funny joke placed on Dudley by a Wizard had to be removed
> > surgically.
> 

Jordan:

> They made no move to ask him to reverse it. And they could have hidden
> it - or maybe it would have worn off in a matter of days, but their
> zealotry against all things magic led them to a perceived need to
> remove it ASAP.


Sydney:

Well, they are in the UK-- so "ASAP" under the National Health Service
for surgery like that would mean like, six months.  So it wearing off
in a "matter of days" isn't very likely.

"Hidden it"?  Are you actually suggesting that unless they just shrug
and leave their child with a tail, they're a bunch of anti-magic bigots?

As for asking Hagrid to remove it, how are they meant to get a hold of
him?  They're muggles.  They have no way to do that.  That is the
whole point of why it's wrong to use magic on muggles;  they have no
means of appeal.

-- Sydney