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Haunting Spirit
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Re: Balrogs DO have wings!!!
Considering the fact that the quote you just posted is VERY commonly used by pro-wings people, my returning argument only involves me thinking back to what others and myself have said before.
Tolkien was an author, and he, like all authors, uses certain aspects of literature to make his stories more interesting. One of the most common is something I like to call a metaphor. For example, if this quote gave Balrogs wings, then I could give you many quotes that would light peoples eyes on fire. And just to let you know, the reason RKittle responded how he did, the issue of Balrogs having wings has been a very hot topic on the downs.
Also, since your new, I'll describe some of the forum's features to you. When your typing your post, their are a few links on the left side. The one labeled
http://www.ezboard.com/help/help_howto_useezcodes.htmluse ezcodes</a> shows you all of the neato features you can do on ezboard. For example, that link was one. Also, smileys that you type here appear as a graphic smiley like this one: <img src=smile.gif ALT="
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