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Old 03-24-2007, 02:36 AM   #102
Raynor
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Originally Posted by davem
I think you're discounting all this in favour of an overly simplistic interpretation of Gollum as simply 'wicked'.
If you read my argument, you would have seen I quoted Tolkien as stating that nothing is wholly evil. I guess you didn't.
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Originally Posted by davem
Tolkien hates the sin, but refuses to simply hate the sinner.
We're in agreement over this, as seen from my previous post.
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