[HPforGrownups] Re: The Dursleys:

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 167412

Magpie:
>I can, yes. Easily. He's shown doing exactly that in canon so I rather 
>have to.:-) But I'm still not sure what the premise is that you're 
>getting at underneath. You started out talking about Fundamentalist 
>Christians and I'm not sure of the connection. Are you saying that 
>because you don't expect the canonical explanation about the Dursleys 
>and magic they must really be worried that Harry's magic is demonic? 

What I am speculating is that the Dursleys, as they appear in the novels, are not as they were originally envisioned, and that the difference was removed, possibly at the publisher's request, to avoid offending certain groups (and yes, I know that there are some who are offended by the Dursleys anyway). The evidence I give is that their hatred of magic is unbelievably out of proportion to the rest of their characters, as depicted.

Bart