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Originally Posted by Bęthberry
I like this point, that the tone here endeavours to emulate Tolkien's own civility. I have always enjoyed his comment about his detractors. so witty.
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Oh, I'm pretty sure the great man was capable of the withering put down, & if we recall Dyson's famous impromptu comment during one Inklings gathering re 'the ubiquity of *****Elves' we can be sure that their conversations would not always have been the usual 'Vicar's tea party' stuff. And personally, I don't feel that snappy comebacks & the demolishing of poor arguments is always bad - or even uninteresting come to that. However that's just me, & I accept that the Downs has its own policy re such things. If I want a verbal knife fight I take it outside.....