Tolkien was human right?

[Farael]

Originally Posted by the phantom

Blasphemy!

We have been playing with the idea of lynching people (or werewolves) in the Mirth section for far too long... I say we lynch this heretic!!!

Edit: My quote and comment are meant to imply that I'm supporting The Phantom's words, not that he is the heretic

Ok, sorry... now seriously though. Tolkien is not even my favourite writer (That distinction goes to Ray Bradbury) yet I like his works quite a lot. Sure, sometimes we like to play Mandos and pretend that we have insight on the thought of those who are dead, but I don't think any of us worships Tolkien as a super-human being. He's a man, just like any of us. Creative as he may be, he is bound to make mistakes... and those same mistakes is what fuels most of the controversy on this site. Either mistakes, short-comings or fuzzy edges, to quote Lalwendë, is what we discuss all the time.

I don't really appreciate the way this topic has started and I think it's just a tad pointless... yeah, I know "don't dignify it with an answer then" but sometimes it's hard to bite back my tounge (or fingers in this case)

We are all thinkers for the most part, not dogmatists.