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Support81
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2002/dec/02/jrrtolkien.lordoftherings
I serious don't know if i should laugh or cry...
I mean seirous?!?! WTF?!??
"The Two Towers is the story of the battle between Isengard and Rohan. In the good corner, the riders of Rohan, aka the "Whiteskins": "Yellow is their hair, and bright are their spears. Their leader is very tall." In the evil corner, the orcs of Isengard: "A grim, dark band... swart, slant-eyed" and the "dark" wild men of the hills. So the good guys are white and the bad guys are, erm... black."
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| Posted: Sun, 28th Sep 2008 00:47 Post subject: |
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Not exactly news - they've been claiming racism for years already..
shitloads of new stuff in my pc. Cant keep track of it all.
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Lutzifer
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| Posted: Sun, 28th Sep 2008 02:12 Post subject: |
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add the geographical clues to that and it makes more sense even from a europeocentric view: good northern, bad southern
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| Posted: Sun, 28th Sep 2008 02:17 Post subject: |
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People see what they want to see.
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| Posted: Sun, 28th Sep 2008 02:18 Post subject: |
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| djaoni wrote: | | People see what they want to see. |
+1
Sometimes, when I close my eyes and concentrate hard, I can see Jessica Alba naked o.O
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Support81
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| Posted: Sun, 28th Sep 2008 02:48 Post subject: |
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Well, only a idiot would belive that bs anyways..
Toobad there are alot of idiot in this world. :/
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| Posted: Sun, 28th Sep 2008 19:11 Post subject: |
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Oh yes, racism must be the answer, yes, he's dressed in black, yup yup definitely racist. Tolkien, you racist fuck.
Fucking dick heads in papers will write anything.
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| Posted: Mon, 29th Sep 2008 06:07 Post subject: |
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the only way to shut these people's mouth is to tell them "so? what are you gonna do about it?"
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| Posted: Mon, 29th Sep 2008 07:08 Post subject: |
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He is racist against Tongans.
Sense Amid Madness, Wit Amidst Folly
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| Posted: Mon, 29th Sep 2008 07:29 Post subject: |
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I personally think he was much more influenced from
| Quote: | | Tolkien served as a signals officer during the Battle of the Somme, participating in the Battle of Thiepval Ridge. He came down with trench fever, a disease carried by the lice which were so very plentiful in No Man's Land, on 27 October 1916. |
There have been speculations that he was indeed a racist, but I doubt it. He hated the Nazis and all they stood for
| Quote: | | Tolkien had nothing but contempt for Adolf Hitler, whom he accused of "perverting ... and making for ever accursed, that noble northern spirit" which was so dear to him. |
And the stereotype "White vs Black" goes back as far as the Egyptians...if not further. Day/Light=Good, Night/Dark=Evil...I guess the human race was born racists then.
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