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

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 159643

> Pippin:
> >  The bullies in JKR's books all scare and hurt people but
> > they  don't all have the same motives for doing it.
> > 
> > JKR shows Draco lighting up when he thinks someone is going to
> > get hurt. That's not something we see in either James or
> > Dudley, though we do see it in Pettigrew. 

> Magpie:
> But what's the important distinction?

Pippin:
I think there's an important distinction, especially for DDM!Snape
theorists,  because we have to ask, if James was a bully but got
over it,  then why didn't Snape, if he truly returned to the right 
side? JKR's answers could be that some bullies  get
a charge out of  bullying, perhaps because they are damaged
in a certain way,  while others do not. If the bully's conduct
is being reinforced internally and by society, then he will not
able to feel that he is doing anything wrong, and he will not
see any reason to change his ways.

Pippin