Are Tolkiens Books Sexist? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

bombur · 09-24-2002, 08:24 PM

OK mr underhill...

1. This button...
i kind of know how to use it, I put three posts in a row kind of to ram a point home... it would not have shortened it a bit if I had put it all in a one post.

2. It should be pretty obvious why curse words get zapped out...

Yes... in principle I kind of understand that. I have learned english with phrases like "I do not give a X", which in my mind fluently translate into phrases like "en piittaa pätkääkään" = "I do not care the shortest bit." It just seems so fustrating to attempt to learn a new english language in order to be family friendly. Is the gone with the wind ohrase "I do not give ea damn" ok then? And then the other case... A word that is perhaps a curseword as such, if it is used as a clear definition of a stereotype... I mean word that has been defined as curseword for insulting women and then used in technically for defining why someone does not insult women... it disappears... that makes it all difficult.

3...

well... I must admit that you are at least partially right in this... I will try to bottle the edge.

"Now back to prostitution and lip-smacking..."

Not to prostitution please. I will be hanging from the tapestries by my claws like a cat in about five seconds again. But I think we could go back to the stereotypes of women in fantasy and tolkien...

JH

[ September 24, 2002: Message edited by: bombur ]

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09-24-2002, 08:24 PM	#35
bombur Wight Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: finland Posts: 126	OK mr underhill... 1. This button... i kind of know how to use it, I put three posts in a row kind of to ram a point home... it would not have shortened it a bit if I had put it all in a one post. 2. It should be pretty obvious why curse words get zapped out... Yes... in principle I kind of understand that. I have learned english with phrases like "I do not give a X", which in my mind fluently translate into phrases like "en piittaa pätkääkään" = "I do not care the shortest bit." It just seems so fustrating to attempt to learn a new english language in order to be family friendly. Is the gone with the wind ohrase "I do not give ea damn" ok then? And then the other case... A word that is perhaps a curseword as such, if it is used as a clear definition of a stereotype... I mean word that has been defined as curseword for insulting women and then used in technically for defining why someone does not insult women... it disappears... that makes it all difficult. 3... well... I must admit that you are at least partially right in this... I will try to bottle the edge. "Now back to prostitution and lip-smacking..." Not to prostitution please. I will be hanging from the tapestries by my claws like a cat in about five seconds again. But I think we could go back to the stereotypes of women in fantasy and tolkien... JH [ September 24, 2002: Message edited by: bombur ]