Do Balrogs Have Wings?

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by me

Is anyone actually inclined to be persuaded one way or the other by the various arguments?

Just to be clear, I did not mean by this comment to suggest that the discussion is futile or pointless. It is, in fact, both entertaining and engrossing as far as I am concerned. However, this does seem to be one of those issues in which views are generally pretty firmly entrenched - most probably because it is a debate which has been raging for so long.