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

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No: HPFGUIDX 155810

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

> He does not accuse Emma of insulting her out of snobbery.  He scolds
her for 
> abusing the power of her own exalted position. It would be okay for
her to 
> say something like that if Mrs. Bates were not in the weakened
position she 
> is.  When you have been blessed with great power, and want to be a good 
> person, you have to be doubly careful about what you do to others.
Because 
> maybe you, as the powerful person, have the luxury of forgetting
about the 
> inequality for a while, but people with less power can't do that.  Emma 
> didn't set out to decimate Mrs. Bates, but she did.
> 
> That is what the Twins do with Dudley.  They don't get to use Magic
against 
> Muggles without it counting just because they're not primarily
concerned 
> with his being a Muggle.  He never "just happens to be a Muggle"
once they 
> pull out their wands.  Notice the Dursleys never forget the difference 
> between them and the Weasleys in the scene. 

OK next example: What about Dumbledore's behaviour at the Dursley's.
Forcing entry, forcing them to sit on the couch, having the glasses of
mead float around their heads. Was that teaching them a lesson? Was
that Muggle baiting? Because the Dursleys are Muggles and Dumbledore
has superiour powers. 

Gerry