DD at the Dursleys: Better Manner to Accept.

[laurawkids]

No: HPFGUIDX 158153

> Alla:
>  In
> > many parts of the world the refusal to offer hospitality
> > or the refusal to accept hospitality is a grave insult.
> > Even if the offer is half-hearted and the acceptance is
> > equally half-hearted, you do it as a matter of social 
> > courtesy.
> 
> Alla:
> 
> I am sorry, but what? I may be ignorant of many social customs and 
> then ready to eat my words, but in what part of the word you are 
> obliged to offer hospitality to **uninvited** if not stranger, 
> although it does seem that Dursleys and Dumbledore never met in 
> person, but definitely the person you are not feeling friendly 
about 
> at all.
> 
> I find this to be extremely strange defense of this scene. Let's be 
> clear though, don't want to be misinterpreted. I have **no** 
problems 
> with this scene, I enjoyed it tremendously, because as I stated it 
> sort of saved Dumbledore for me and the more humiliation Dursleys 
> suffer, I am all for it.
> 
> But I completely disagree that Dursleys owed Dumbledore **any** 
> hospitality whatsoever.
> 

Laurawkids:

I just did a quick search and this popped up.  I don't really know 
much about this site, but I liked how they stated the hospitality 
obligations:


"You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land 
of Egypt." (Deuteronomy 10:19)

"Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that 
some have entertained angels without knowing it." (Hebrews 13:2)

Aristotle regarded hospitality as the chief of all virtues. An 
attitude of spontaneous generosity and friendliness toward others is 
one of the hallmarks of spiritual enlightenment. It has its origin in 
a profound sense of gratitude that spills over into in impulse to 
share one's good fortune with others. The hospitable person 
recognizes a kinship with all creation. The poor, the weak, the 
marginalized, the vulnerable and strangers are the first recipients 
of hospitality because their need generates feelings of compassion 
and empathy in a generous heart.

http://www.taochrist.org/fsm/3hospitality.htm

Laurawkids, who is afraid to follow these rules if the bathroom isn't 
clean - not a problem in Petunia's house!