Hate crimes (was Re: muggle baiting vs. muggle torture)

[festuco]

No: HPFGUIDX 155808

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sistermagpie" <belviso at ...> wrote:

> It's not like the word itself really matters since it's a made-up
> word about made-up people with no connection to our lives. As has
> been pointed out, if you look at what the words mean in the
> dictionary (as opposed to imagining how this word is understood in
> Rowling's fictional world) it fits. Dudley is a Muggle and what the
> twins are doing is baiting. 
> 
> -m
>
OK, because nobody answered in my first post: Marge is a Muggle and
what Harry did was torture/baiting. Correct yes/no? Why? 

Gerry