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   From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   ["Followup-To:" nach rec.arts.books.tolkien gesetzt.]   
   Steve Hayes  schrieb:   
      
   > I have already explained (several times) why I am unwilling to be   
   > specific: because being specific tends to turn myth into concepts or   
   > allegory and thus destroys its nature as myth.   
      
   You may argue that about Tolkien. I would still think you wrong,   
   but it would be a legitimate argument.   
      
   However, you were trying to make a point about current US politics   
   using Tolkien as an argument specifically about Sanders and Clinton.   
   This takes it out of the realm of myths. (Unless you want to   
   create your own myth about politics, but this I would not consider   
   valid).   
      
   To put it more strongly:  I think you are abusing Tolkien to make   
   a political point. Your argument to defend this point is so weak   
   that you chose not to make it, hiding behind the "myths cannot   
   be explained".   
      
   However, I am also now willing to let you get you in the last word.   
   I will not be bothered to read your posts in the future.   
      
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