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Forum: The Books
03-20-2009, 08:22 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 64,625
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Morthoron
So, if I follow up the scourge's critique with a...
So, if I follow up the scourge's critique with a glowing review, will that make a difference for you? Or, I can merely offer Neil Gaiman's interview on the Colbert Report. Gaiman was hawking his... |
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Forum: The Books
06-24-2008, 10:49 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 64,625
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Morthoron
Ne męg werigmod wyrde wišstondan,
ne se hreo...
Ne męg werigmod wyrde wišstondan, ne se hreo hyge helpe gefremman. For šon domgeorne dreorigne oft in hyra breostcofan bindaš fęste; A weary mood won't withstand wyrd, nor may the troubled... |
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Forum: The Books
06-24-2008, 07:18 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 64,625
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Morthoron
Excellent research, Boromir88, and points well...
Excellent research, Boromir88, and points well taken. I think we can all now admit that Tolkien didn't know what he was bloody talking about, or rather, enjoyed the art of writing letters more than... |
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Forum: The Books
06-23-2008, 11:19 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 64,625
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Morthoron
'Woodenheadedness' is a term I picked up from...
'Woodenheadedness' is a term I picked up from Barbara Tuchman in her book "The March of Folly". She applied it as a characteristic of political and social leaders who, through the shortsightedness of... |
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Forum: The Books
06-23-2008, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 132
Views: 64,625
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Morthoron
Your use of the term 'ironic' does not apply to...
Your use of the term 'ironic' does not apply to what you are saying. I find no incongruity in my statements; therefore to imply irony is in error. It seems you are saying you condone cruelty and... |
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Forum: The Books
06-23-2008, 12:13 AM
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Replies: 132
Views: 64,625
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Morthoron
It would seem that the author disagrees with your...
It would seem that the author disagrees with your cynical take on the ideals of his book... As far as Gollum gloating, Tolkien referred to Gollum as a "mad thing" capering along the precipice.... |
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Forum: The Books
06-22-2008, 10:53 AM
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Replies: 132
Views: 64,625
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Morthoron
Did I say that mercy is always at odds with...
Did I say that mercy is always at odds with self-interest? I am sorry if it seemed like an implication; however, given Tolkien's predisposition regarding spirituality, it would seem that, rather than... |
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Forum: The Books
06-21-2008, 11:12 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 64,625
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Morthoron
I don't think ideals failed in the least; in...
I don't think ideals failed in the least; in fact, ideals allowed Gollum to be present at that ultimate moment when Frodo faltered. The opportunity to slay Gollum was in easy reach of both Bilbo then... |
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Forum: The Books
06-20-2008, 08:33 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 64,625
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Morthoron
But Groin, summarizing what I just said would be...
But Groin, summarizing what I just said would be like having to explain the punch line of a joke. Where's the fun in that? You see, in this case the chicken did not cross the road because it... |
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Forum: The Books
06-19-2008, 06:37 AM
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Replies: 132
Views: 64,625
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Morthoron
You have a very quaint view of economics. One...
You have a very quaint view of economics. One would think there were never any Federal Reserve, oil cartels, money devaluations, inflation, stock fraud or market speculations and fluctuations. I... |
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Forum: The Books
06-18-2008, 08:17 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 64,625
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Morthoron
Well, no, that's isn't what Nogrod was saying in...
Well, no, that's isn't what Nogrod was saying in the passage you quoted. He was saying that what if Tolkien had been told to be 'successful' at university, and choose a field in which he would have a... |
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Forum: The Books
06-18-2008, 12:41 AM
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Replies: 132
Views: 64,625
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Morthoron
How one can divorce technology from industrialism...
How one can divorce technology from industrialism is beyond me, for they have walked together in lock-step -- these twin sons of different mothers of invention --from Blake's Satanic Mills to the... |
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Forum: The Books
06-17-2008, 09:45 AM
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Replies: 132
Views: 64,625
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Morthoron
Actually, what I was saying is that the ideal was...
Actually, what I was saying is that the ideal was better then than the idealogues now. I think we can all honestly say that we could do without looking like a peasant from a Bruegel painting... |
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Forum: The Books
06-16-2008, 09:07 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 64,625
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Morthoron
First, I find it humorous that this entire...
First, I find it humorous that this entire Tolkien critique originated on a Star Wars site. The mythos of Star Wars (backstory actually -- it would give too much credit to Lucas to define his plot as... |
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