<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>After all, Tolkien was creating a mythos for England, not the entire world, and certainly not for this race-sensitive world.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I could not have said it better myself. Anyone who falsely imbues Tolkien's works with an underlying racist tone should study the matter more closely, and should also consider the societal norms of the world that Professor Tolkien grew up in.
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