muggle baiting vs. muggle torture

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 155404

> >>Steven1965aaa:
> They didn't go after Dudley because he is a muggle, they went     
> after him because he's a prat and a bully himself, he just        
> happened to be a muggle.

Betsy Hp:
I'm reminded of a line from the movie, "Batman Begins".  If I have 
it right it goes, "It's not who you are inside but what you do that 
really matters." 

So, the twins as wizards, use magic for the sole purpose of 
entertainment and possibly a bit of revenge against a Muggle.  
Judging by what they *do*, the twins are baiting a Muggle.

> >>Steven1965aaa: 
> That's the difference from the death eaters who levitated 
> those people at the World Cup BECAUSE they were muggles.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
Oh, yes, the Death Eaters are worse.  But, the Death Eaters would 
totally approve of what the twins did.  They'd probably laugh the 
loudest.  Do the twins really want to do things Death Eaters would 
approve of?

> Steven1965aaa:
> <snip>
> The toffee was comic relief and Dudley deserved it.

Betsy Hp:
If JKR really wanted to keep this scene as pure comic relief, why 
follow it up with Death Eaters doing something similar?  Why have 
Arthur blow up like he does?  Also, who died and made the twins, 
God?  Why wasn't the pig tail enough?

Betsy Hp