balrogs and wings debate

Okay, I have read Silmarillion, but I've never read the History of Middle Earth. I still think that the part I quoted says it pretty clearly though. I will definitely read the other books, and maybe it will give me more perspective. I would've read them before, but I've never heard of them. I suppose you'll laugh about that too. Go ahead, you can laugh all you want. It's not like my point was totally invalid. So there.