muggle baiting vs. muggle torture

[steven1965aaa]

No: HPFGUIDX 155664

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, OctobersChild48 at ... wrote:
 
Regardless of what term the twins use it was *not* a loan.
> "Fred -- George -- wait a moment".
> The twins turned. Harry  pulled open  his trunk and drew out his 
Triwizard winnings.
> "Take it", he said, and he thrust the sack into George's hand.
> "What?" said Fred, looking flabbergasted.
> "Take it," Harry repeated firmly. "I don't want it."
> "You're mental," said George, trying to push it back at Harry.
> "No, I'm not," said Harry. "You take it, and get inventing. It's 
for the joke shop."
> "He is mental," Fred said in an almost awed voice.
> "Listen," said Harry firmly. "If you don't take it, I'm throwing 
it down the drain. I don't want it and I don't need it. But I could 
do with a few laughs. I've got a feeling we're going to need them 
more than usual before long."
> GoF, page 733, American edition.
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> Steven1965aaa:

Sandy, you're right.  Harry never expresses any expectation at all 
that they need to pay him back.  Harry never calls it a loan. I 
don't think the Twins have to pay him back.  But the Twins do call 
it a "loan".  Why do they do that?  IMO this further undercuts the 
argument some have made here that the Twins are just opportunists 
who gave Harry the Marauders Map and the "free stuff" from their 
shop only because he is rich and famous and because they were 
calculating that they would eventually get something back from him 
in return.


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