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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 09:37 AM Original message |
Lord of the Rings - Racist or not? |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. um......no |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. Tolkien was pretty familliar with other races |
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BigMcLargehuge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 10:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. he was born there too |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. Dark = Bad does not come from skin but from day and night. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 09:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 11:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. What's this about? Did I piss someone off? |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 11:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Not me. I wish I hadn't started this bloody thread. |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 09:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I know, just playing devil's advocate. |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 11:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Only because we choose to see it in the language |
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ArkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 09:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. That's it, |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 11:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. lol |
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alwynsw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. It's time for the whiners to get over it |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 09:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. A little background. I just had a major argument with a friend over this |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
9. This has been slapped down so many times. |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
10. "who had absolutely no first-hand experience of other races" |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 10:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Like I say, that's the argument I was using. I don't claim to be an expert |
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4323Lopez (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
11. Its ok, whites need an all=white movie occationally... |
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Kamika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
12. It's not racist per say but written in an era where race study was normal |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 11:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Not only did he not mean to be, he wasn't. |
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Kamika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 11:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I know dark elfs |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
15. There are more stories to be told.... |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
18. Not in my opinion... |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-03 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
23. I don't think he was racist. And Screaming Lord Byron's selection |
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