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I knew this thread had potential. But I also like Debian discussions, which are somewhat extreme and uncultured at times.
hidari: I do believe you can have an unpopular opinion. That's why I salute you for starting this thread, even if it's flawed. |
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King of the Bongo Drums
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On Sam, one can speculate, but I don't recall anything at all to suggest that he wanted to keep the Ring himself. If anyone can point to anything, I'd be interested. |
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But it was never published divided into the six "books". They are, to the best of my knowledge, a part of the original "conception". I know that he was very unhappy about splitting it into three volumes, but that's an entirely different matter, forced by post-WWII paper shortages and the resulting high cost of printing.
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NO BERTOLD YOU ARE RIGHT. YOU ARE SUPERIOR. YOU HAVE THE CORRECT VIEW ON LIFE. I WAS WRONG TO GIVE MY OPINION ON FANTASY OR ANY GENRE. THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING ME. i SEE NOW THAT MR HAS SHOWN ME THE LIGHT. IF I HAVE NO OPINION, I WILL CONSULT: GRANNY, RICKY, PILOT BOB, NATCH, BERTOLD, AND ALL THE OTHER UBER POSTERS ON MR. NO. DO NOT WORRY, I AM AN IDIOT AS YOU THINK I AM. YOU WILL BE HAPPY WITH MY SUBSERVIENT POSTS IN FUTURE. AGAIN, YOUR VIEWS ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND. YOURS, HIDARI. |
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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"Sam knew before he spoke, that it was vain, and that such words might do more harm than good, but in his pity he could not keep silent. "Then let me carry it a bit for you, Master," he said. "You know I would, and gladly, as long as I have any strength." And reading further, I find I had misremembered something. Gandalf does not say at the Council of Elrond that the ring would corrupt anyone who held it, only that anyone who tried to wield it would become corrupted by its power. "The very desire of it corrupts the heart". Thanks! |
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Holy S**T!!!
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They are still entitled to the damn thing, but they have to be willing to take the lumps that result from what they say. If they can't do that without taking the response personally (and swearing that everyone has "insulted" them), then they might want to think twice about especially provocative opinions. Sort of like when I posted a series of polls that I thought DG might want to avoid. There are more intelligent ways of expressing an opinion than calling an author that is a favorite of many "over rated." Sort of up there with that guy who decided to express his "opinion" at the Holocaust Museum the other day with a gun. Yeah, he's entitled to his opinion, but his expression of that opinion was waaaaay over the line, and he's going to have to take the consequences for expressing it in the manner he did. I'm sure he's still convinced he did the "right" thing. I'm just as convinced that the majority of people think his opinion was nuts, and that he's nuts, and they are going to put him away (or to death). They won't be doing it to "insult" him .... it's just a natural reaction to what he did. I doubt anyone honestly cares to insult you. It's just a natural reaction (for me) to ask anyone who says something unkind about the performance or work of another whether they think they can do better. If they can't, then I really don't think much of their view. You want to pick apart some particular detail? Fine. I find errors in the work of Stephen King all the time. Big freaking errors. I find them in a lot of books, and they bug the hell out of me. However, I would not call Mr. King "over rated" .... just that I don't think that much of his editors or whoever does his initial proofreading. Or, if I didn't like his work, I would say that and leave it at that. The fact that you linked to an outside source doesn't mean that much to me. I can find a source to support any stupid farking thing anyone would care to come up with. I can find sources that support some of the most whacked out ideas there are. It means nothing. But really .... if you are going to ride the high horse, always be prepared to become an easy target in battle. |
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