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Darkstone
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Sep 27 2013, 3:03pm
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The Balrog itself is the metaphor!
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Like the Watcher in the Water is merely a metaphor for the multinational octopus of the life squeezing corporations that are taking over the world and preventing the public establishment of a good old fashioned self sufficient and self sustaining mom-and-pop barter economy likewise the Balrog is a metaphor for the secret underground shadow government of the conglomerate of privatized power utilities that introduces deadly pollution into the environment at will and shamelessly manipulates the whip of energy prices to drain the lifeblood of the hardworking proletariat that it is simultaneously poisoning with the deadly output of poorly regulated smokestacks and ubiquitous exhaust pipes! Of course it is infuriatingly ironic that people argue over whether or not the wings of a metaphor are themselves metaphorical but then again that's exactly what THEY want us to do!!
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On Balrog Wings
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Lightfoot
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Sep 26 2013, 7:17pm
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I think...
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malickfan
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Sep 26 2013, 7:37pm
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"tapdancing lephrecaun on a moped"
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CuriousG
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Sep 26 2013, 7:40pm
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Agreed
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malickfan
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Sep 26 2013, 7:44pm
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Oddly, it reminds me of Bombadil. Now we know what he really is! //
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CuriousG
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Sep 26 2013, 7:52pm
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Tom Bombadil the tapdancing lephrecaun...
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malickfan
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Sep 26 2013, 8:01pm
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Your right
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Lightfoot
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Sep 27 2013, 1:52pm
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I second this!
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Werde Spinner
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Sep 27 2013, 1:38am
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OK, but in the next poll, I want to know
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CuriousG
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Sep 26 2013, 7:39pm
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I'd ask the same question about the Balrog itself
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Na Vedui
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Sep 27 2013, 1:06am
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Further to the above
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Na Vedui
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Sep 27 2013, 1:28am
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Other:
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Ataahua
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Sep 26 2013, 9:56pm
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IF Balrogs can fly
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Meneldor
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Sep 26 2013, 11:52pm
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Perhaps King Elessar will create a new law
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Lightfoot
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Sep 27 2013, 1:56pm
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I went for the semi-physical wings
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Werde Spinner
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Sep 27 2013, 1:41am
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I think CG can teach them how to do this.
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Brethil
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Sep 27 2013, 1:45am
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Well, they can buy a refrigerated truck
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Werde Spinner
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Sep 27 2013, 1:59am
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I like that idea!
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Lightfoot
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Sep 27 2013, 2:02pm
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Other.
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Sep 27 2013, 1:47am
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Ask not the TORNsibs...
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cats16
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Sep 27 2013, 5:35am
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LOL! *mods up* //
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Sep 27 2013, 12:58pm
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Second that! :D //
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Ethel Duath
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Sep 28 2013, 12:10am
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or rather... Ask not the TORnsibs....
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Magpie
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Sep 27 2013, 2:38pm
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Hahaha that too. //
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cats16
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Sep 27 2013, 4:16pm
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Well, we could go out on a limb and shed some light upon this abysmal subject. /
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Darkstone
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Sep 27 2013, 4:57pm
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That might bridge the gap. Of Rohan. //
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Ethel Duath
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Sep 28 2013, 12:08am
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Or drink...
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Sep 30 2013, 7:37pm
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The Balrog itself is the metaphor!
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Darkstone
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Sep 27 2013, 3:03pm
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Isn't it time
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Meneldor
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Sep 27 2013, 5:24pm
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Exhaust! The wings, and possibly part of the Balrog itself
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Ethel Duath
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Sep 28 2013, 12:14am
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Finally!
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CuriousG
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Sep 28 2013, 3:20am
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"Mods up"
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Annael
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Sep 29 2013, 3:10pm
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Thinking back
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Na Vedui
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Sep 27 2013, 3:32pm
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Whoa! I love that! Can I use that in Tolkienia? "Ghost Flea Meadow" ? Or
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Ethel Duath
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Sep 28 2013, 12:26am
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Ghost fleas
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Na Vedui
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Sep 28 2013, 3:38pm
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If Balrogs had wings....?
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DanielLB
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Sep 27 2013, 11:16pm
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If Balrogs had wings, why then, purses might talk!
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Ethel Duath
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Sep 28 2013, 12:02am
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Not sure.
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FaramirAndEowynMorningStar
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Sep 28 2013, 4:57pm
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Well...
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dubulous
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Sep 29 2013, 9:51am
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wow, it's been years since I saw this debated here
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Annael
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Sep 29 2013, 3:09pm
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Will remain...
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Arannir
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Oct 6 2013, 2:27pm
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Maybe/Maybe not
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Caralirani
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Oct 16 2013, 6:15am
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