From: michael.stemper@gmail.com   
      
   On 2017-03-31 17:21, temujin wrote:   
      
   > The movies are to the books as the orcs are to elves, ie an irredeemable   
   > but virulent corruption of the original.   
      
   Did Tolkien call orcs "irredeemable"? That would seem inconsistent with   
   his Catholicism. However, I'll admit that I've never read any of his   
   letters.   
      
   --   
   Michael F. Stemper   
   Exodus 22:21   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)