Identifying with Muggles - The Dursley and 'Terrifying' Abuse

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No: HPFGUIDX 158204

Steve:
> > but until they refuse it, the obligation is theirs. <SNIP of the 
whole posy>

Jordan Abel:
> There's no evidence either way for whether they were offered the
> option to refuse. We've seen no evidence otherwise of any wizard
> offering any muggle the option to refuse anything, from hogwarts
> attendance to obliviation, so it doesn't seem likely this is an
> exception. <SNIP>

Alla:

Well, this is true - that there is no evidence either way whether 
Dursleys were offered the option to refuse or not. That is why 
reading that note would be cool. :) There **is** though rather 
strong hint IMO ( grudgingly she took you in - paraphrase) that 
Dursleys made their choice, not forced.

But IMO there is plentiful evidence of Dumbledore never forcing 
people 
to make choices, but sort of stepping back ( where I would prefer him 
no to) and allowing people to make their own choices.

Therefore IMO it is more likely than not that Dursleys were not an 
exception to that Dumbledore mode operandi ( spelling?)

JMO,

Alla.