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It was a pure, high form of adoration, not some crude thing.
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-- The Phantom
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Yes, because sex is just so awful, sinful, and utterly wrong.
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-- Lush
Lush, I think you were a little unfair in that assessment of what Phantom wrote. I didn’t take it that Phantom was besmirching sexual intercourse. I took it that Gimli’s affections for Galadriel were beyond the physical. Aside from me finding the image of a physical affection being a bit repulsive in this case, I think its important that Tolkien’s relationships between male and female always went beyond the mere physical, even when they included the physical element. Sexual intercourse is a good thing, but it is a transitory thing. Physical beauty is a wonderful part of creation, but it, like all things physical, passes away. Being the romantic that Tolkien was, all true relationships went beyond the merely physical, and entered the spiritual realms of love, devotion and virtue, those things that for him, at least, do not pass away.
Oh, Lush, you apparently aren't the only person on this forum to come off as nymphomaniac [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]