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[Kathryn Lambert]

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Alla:
 
> Where is it stated in canon that by the time of GoF Dudley was not 
> bullying Harry any more? 

a_svirn:
Where it says that he does? Find me one instance of Dudley bullying 
Harry after he started Hogwarts. The quote you cited proves nothing. 
When the twins had rescued Harry two years prior it sure hadn't been 
from bullying. Hurry was abused by his Uncle at the time, not by 
Dudley. 



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   Katie replies (after staying silent, but lurking in this thread for days):
   
  In my opinion, I don't care what the Dursleys do or don't do. They are repugnant, bigoted, small-minded jerks. They are rude, self-absorbed, and ignorant. I don't care if Dudley never so much as made an ugly face at Harry after he was accepted at Hogwarts...I thought the ton-tongue taffy incident was hilarious and deserved. 
   
  There has been much talk in this thread of the twins being malicious or enjoying people getting tortured...That's just silly. (In my always humble opinion) Dudley is a jerk, Fred and George are clowns, and they played a joke on him...that they also would have played on wizard, as the Wizarding Wheezes are intended for wizards' use. It has nothing to do with him being a Muggle...it has to do with him being a prat, as F&G say themselves to their dad after the incident.
   
  And obviously JKR thinks the twins are good blokes - silly and goofy - but good. She didn't write them as nasty people, just as people that carry on all the time...and I know plenty of people who can't take anything seriously...but they're not bad people.
   
  As I see it: Dudley and Dursleys = BAD       Twins and Weasleys = GOOD
   
  End of story. Just my opinion, Katie