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

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 157991

distaiyi: 
> > 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.

Magpie:
Okay, I don't recall Jesus teasing people with his super magical 
powers.  If you recall teasing people with your super magical powers 
with showing their humanity...well, that'd be your definition, not 
mine.  :-)

The question was why people didn't like this scene, and as somebody 
who didn't enjoy the scene, that was my answer.  I get nothing out 
of it.  I don't feel like the Dursleys are getting any sort of 
lesson so it's not satisfying to me on that score.  I don't think 
Dumbledore's stepping in would have made things worse for Harry, 
especially since we've seen improvements in the way Harry gets 
treated when wizards step in. Dumbledore never seemed super human to 
me in this particular way, so the revelation to me wasn't that he 
was human, but that he had the same attitudes that I disliked in 
other characters.  You can't argue someone out of their emotional 
reaction to a scene (well, sometimes you can, but I don't think this 
is one of these cases), so it seemed more like a role call.  My 
reaction to this scene was more like, "Piss off, Dumbledore."

-m