Respecting the Dursleys( was:Re: Hi everyone -- banning the books)

[Tesha]

No: HPFGUIDX 159509


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> Alla:
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> I want to buy Dursleys as abused child and want to sympathise with 
> him. Help me?
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> Alla
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 Tesha:
    Perhaps Petunia fed her Dudders as a replacement for love. Did she
feel guilty for not having the heart to mother him correctly. It's
pretty clear that she's a warped individual, spitting hateful words
out about her family loving her sister more. Maybe there IS more to
her than we've seen. And sweet little Dudders might have had a chance
if he hadn't learned how to bully his father and then Harry.
    Having received no love from the Dursleys, is Harry any luckier
with his upbringing than Duddly who received warped/defective parenting?

I feel sorry for them all - but I still don't like Duddley.