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CuriousG
Half-elven
Dec 28 2012, 9:20pm
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Thanks for the citation. I read somewhere (I say that a lot) that some evil dictators thought in their own minds that they were doing good, at least at the beginning. One example given was Pol Pot in Cambodia, who seemed to genuinely believe society would be better if the corrupt cities were emptied and people returned to their rural roots and traditional values. That's how it started, but it led to the killing fields. On a less horrific scale, that's how General Woundwort operated in Watership Down. He seemed to think in the beginning that he was protecting other rabbits from predators with all of his rules and controls about secrecy. But he had his ultimate day of reckoning when Hazel tried to negotiate peace with him, and he had to confront why he was really in power, and that he wanted to keep it no matter what.
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Elrond and the ring
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Nerven
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Dec 15 2012, 3:48pm
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I find the text quite clear...
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Otaku-sempai
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Dec 15 2012, 3:55pm
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"If so"
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ElendilTheShort
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Dec 15 2012, 6:29pm
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Elrond
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Nerven
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Dec 15 2012, 7:12pm
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I do not think
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ElendilTheShort
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Dec 15 2012, 11:30pm
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Another
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Nerven
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Dec 16 2012, 9:59am
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I think so
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CuriousG
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Dec 16 2012, 4:25pm
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Very nice analysis
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ltnjmy
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Dec 17 2012, 5:25pm
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Especially Elrond...
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Nolofinwe
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Dec 25 2012, 4:18pm
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A moment of nostalgia
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sador
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Dec 25 2012, 9:32pm
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That
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Nerven
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Dec 26 2012, 10:17am
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Have often thought that Elrond is overlooked as a tragic figure
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SilentLion
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Dec 26 2012, 7:43pm
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Were you responding to me?
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sador
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Dec 27 2012, 6:46am
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Yes, I meant my post as a reply to yours
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SilentLion
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Dec 27 2012, 11:32pm
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Gandalf's temptation by the Ring (or Frodo)
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CuriousG
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Dec 28 2012, 1:44am
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I think in one of his Letters, Tolkien speculates that Gandalf
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SilentLion
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Dec 28 2012, 9:00pm
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Like Pol Pot and bad bunnies
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CuriousG
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Dec 28 2012, 9:20pm
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Good examples!
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SilentLion
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Dec 28 2012, 10:10pm
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Wait a second
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squire
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Dec 28 2012, 11:02pm
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The point is taken that we need to be careful about
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SilentLion
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Dec 30 2012, 12:38am
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Very interesting thoughts
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squire
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Dec 30 2012, 1:24am
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One wonders how Gandalf could be worse
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ElendilTheShort
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Dec 30 2012, 4:15am
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Squire
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ElendilTheShort
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Dec 30 2012, 4:09am
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Just joking, but
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CuriousG
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Dec 28 2012, 1:30am
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