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From: fwbrown@bellsouth.net
In alt.fan.tolkien taxalot wrote:
> Le 09/10/2014 12:18, Stan Brown a écrit :
>> On Wed, 08 Oct 2014 19:15:17 +0200, taxalot wrote:
>>>> Is this "men who are so easily corrupted?" from the book? Or is it
>>>> just an abomination of PJ & accomplices? I ask because it sounds an
>>>> awful lot like a quote from Galadriel's voiceover at the start of the
>>>> first /LOTR/ movie.
>>>
>>> Maybe, maybe not. I do not care much if it's in the movie or not ;
it's
>>> a fact. Isildur. Ar-Pharazon
>>>
>>
>> Please attribute your quotes -- thanks!
>
> Actually, considering the first replies I get for contributing in this
> group is one guy accusing me to be a horrible person (someone who saw
> the movies) and the other one nitpicking on minor post formating , I
> think I'll just refrain posting here and focus on more sensible newsgroups.
Preserving correct attributions is not "minor post formatting" but an
important part of USENET netiquette. Also, no one called you a "horrible
person." You were merely asked whether the source of your statement
about men being "easily corrupted" was in the books or the films.
It makes a difference, since a statement made ONLY in the films would
have no relevance to interpreting the author's intentions in the book.
For some of us, identifying the source of information (whether from
films, books or other USENET articles) has a bearing on how we evaluate
that information. (I'm one of those who ALWAYS reads the footnotes in
books and seldom reads nonfiction that doesn't have footnotes.)
--
F. Wayne Brown
Þæs ofereode, ðisses swa mæg. ("That passed away, this also can.")
from "Deor," in the Exeter Book (folios 100r-100v)
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* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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