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GaladrieloftheOlden · 02-03-2003, 02:09 PM

I personally think that this is JUST A BOOK! It would certainly be different if Tolkien just said, straight out, "the orcs are bad BECAUSE they have dark skin" it would be different. But this is, in my opinion, a little bit strange. Even if Tolkien WAS a racist, he wrote a masterpiece, and that should be enough.

02-03-2003, 02:09 PM	#32
GaladrieloftheOlden Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Massachusetts - digging up a bottomless hole, searching for something that's not there... Posts: 1,611	I personally think that this is JUST A BOOK! It would certainly be different if Tolkien just said, straight out, "the orcs are bad BECAUSE they have dark skin" it would be different. But this is, in my opinion, a little bit strange. Even if Tolkien WAS a racist, he wrote a masterpiece, and that should be enough. __________________ "Glue... very powerful stuff."