Abuse, was re: Filch/Snape

[Bruce Alan Wilson]

No: HPFGUIDX 152562

houyhnhnm:
"Maybe we got our interpretation of the memory Harry saw during the 
Occlumency lesson all wrong.  Maybe there never was any abuse, just a 
couple of dissatisfied, cantankerous personalities in a mixed marriage."

BAW:
That's right.  Couples can argue and still love one another.  I 
remember my parents going at it hammer and tongs; as a child I was 
terrified, but looking back on it as an adult I see that they were 
just spats.

There are some people on this list who throw the A-word around a 
little too freely.  A teacher can be harsh and unpleasant with his 
students without being a child abuser.  A man can quarrel with his 
wife (or a woman with her husband) without being a spouse abuser. 


BAW