[HPforGrownups] Re: The Dursleys:

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 167428

From: Jordan Abel <random832 at gmail.com>

>On 12 Apr 2007 10:13:10 -0700, Bart Lidofsky <bartl at sprynet.com> wrote:
>> 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.
>
>I suspect that part of it has more to do with Petunia's personal
>resentment towards Lily (and "that awful boy", etc) than anything
>else. Since that's actually in the books, it's much easier for me to
>believe than some imagined religious fundamentalism.

Bart:
I still maintain there's a missing piece of the puzzle. Whether it's for revelation in book 7, or that it was taken out as an afterthought, we won't know until Book 7. 

Bart