[HPforGrownups] Re: muggle baiting vs. muggle torture

[IreneMikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 155732

dumbledore11214 wrote:

> Alla:
> 
> I just think that Muggle baiting includes very specific act of 
> causing harm to Muggles, not just any. I cannot support it with 
> canon except the fact that **only** specific acts that Gerry 
> mentioned are called muggle-baiting.

I don't get it, are you saying that since this episode didn't cause any 
harm to Dudley, it can't be called muggle-baiting?

But if Dudley waited a bit longer to eat this sweet, if Arthur was not 
still around, Dudley would be dead. Does not get more harmful than that.
They had no way to predict when Dudley will eat it.

(For the record - I believe that they targeted Dudley specifically and 
not any random muggle, and their heart is in the right place, yadda, 
yadda. Does not make it any better).

Irene