"Chomsky's comments on L.o.t.R."
A nice piece of satire :)
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It's no surprise that he's had such a following of twits like Hugo Chavez. |
The only thing I saw missing was a swipe at the imperialistic, materialistic West for having the temerity to withhold the Ring from its rightful owner in the first place. Sauron made it! :rolleyes:
And the poor, mischaracterised Balrog! Quote:
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I'm preparing a thread drawing parallels between ME authoritarian systems and real world ones, where Chomsky's observations might be relevant. I would beg some patience and saving our ammunition for that, while we let people enjoy this thread for what it is, a satire one ;)
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Edit: Oh I see it's already up... |
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Having a Chomsky styled critique of LOTR is quite ironic considering that both Tolkien and Chomsky have fairly awesome linguistic qualifications. The biggest fault of Chomsky's political books is that they are naive and quite tedious. He tends to make a point and then go on making it for dozens of pages. As for his actual politics - yes, let's not go there. |
Wow. I got an unsigned negative rep for my Chomsky post.
Someone wanted to leave red and a paragraph in the rep comment, but refused to sign it. I see that even the low standard of courage required to debate on the internet (with a nom de plume, no less) is too much for some people. |
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I've just given you a positive rep, so at least you'll come out even! |
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Hey, can I have a positive rep too, PrinceOfTheHalflings? My dog died. :'( |
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It also proves my earlier point. |
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Since the original topic (which was satirical and has been taken way too seriously!) has long left the premises in "favour" of personal comments - which should be taken to PM - I'm closing this thread. Anyone who has a worthwhile on-topic contribution to make can PM me and I might consider reopening it.
By the way, anyone who posts on the Downs can get negative reps - I have, and only because someone disagreed with me, not because I posted inappropriately. Shrug it off and don't complain publicly, please - it's not worth getting upset over such a small thing. |
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