DD at the Dursleys: Why do people dislike the scene?

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> Magpie:
> Gotta say I don't remember scenes in the Bible where Jesus acted
like a jerk 

Actually I don't recall saying that Dumbledore, much less Jesus, acted
like a jerk. I said both showed their humanity. Now if you're equating
humanity with being a jerk... well that'd be your definition not mine.

My point was, and remains, that in early books Harry presents
Dumbledore as something approaching super-human, but as Harry matures
he sees Dumbledore more and more as a man (versus a "super-man") and
JKR does an excellent job of presenting his humanity.

I'll concede that Dumbledore could have, at any point, stepped in and
said something to the Dursleys. Knowing the Dursleys as we do, how do
you think they would have reacted to that? I propose their reaction
would have been thoroughly negative and Dumbledore would have been
forced into a deeper confrontation with them making it worse on Harry.
Dumbledore, by allowing Harry to stay in this abusive home, was
choosing the lesser of two evils.

If you've read Ender's Game it's the same choice humanity made for
their best and brightest children (versus a single man's choice for a
child which wasn't his).