muggle baiting vs. muggle torture

[steven1965aaa]

No: HPFGUIDX 155516

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at ...> wrote:
>
> > >>Steven1965aaa:
> > <snip>
> > Come on, if Harry is in trouble and the twins have a choice of 
> > helping him or saving their own skins, what do you think they'd  
> > do?  Flee and save themselves or help him?
> 
> Betsy Hp:
> Funnily enough, when Harry does need the twins help they *do* 
flee.  While their exit in OotP was thrilling and it saved them both 
from a flogging, it also meant that they left Harry and co. to deal 
with a mess they had a massive hand in stirring up.  It also meant 
that when Harry really needed help they weren't around to provide it.
> 
> Steven1965aaa:

I don't think their leaving had anything to do with Harry.  They did 
help him at great personal risk just before that, to get into 
Umbridge's office to use the fireplace.  It's just hypothetical of 
course but IMO if Harry had had some specific need for them to stay 
in order to help him further they would have done so.  They did not 
know about the scars on his hand.