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   From: chine.bleu@yahoo.com   
      
   In article ,   
    Steve Hayes  wrote:   
      
   > On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 18:19:29 -0800 (PST), hengels@swirve.com wrote:   
   >   
   > >Tolkien knew both sides of life, but he chose to write only about one   
   > >side. He knew the stern realities, the immorality, and the seamy,   
   > >disgusting sidelights of life. But why write about them? Every one has   
   > >his own trouble and heartache, so why not give the world something   
   > >happy to read, and make them see visions of idealised life? Surely   
   > >this does more good than sordid tales of sex filth that only lead to   
   > >morbid and diseased thinking. What we need is clean, virile, genius-   
   > >bearing blood, streamig down the ages through the unerring action of   
   > >heredity.   
   >   
   > I dunno.   
   >   
   > The orcs seemed to represent the seamy side of life, and if Sauron et al had   
   > their way, everyone in the whole world would have been like that.   
   >   
   > That's the essence of the plot.   
      
   It reminds me Martin Gardner's comment about poor Alice beset by her school   
   lessons being in turn become a school lesson.   
      
   --   
   Damn the living - It's a lovely life.           I'm whoever you want me to be,   
   Silver silverware - Where is the love?                               Reverend.   
   Oval swimming pool - Where is the love?      At least I can stay in character.   
   Damn the living - It's a lovely life.                        mmmm lemon yogurt   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)