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Re: Sexual terminology [was Re: Blowjobs and pant legs in Dutch]

From:Padraic Brown <agricola@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 25, 2001, 3:42
Am 24.12.01, John Cowan yscrifef:

> Irina Rempt scripsit: > > On Saturday 22 December 2001 12:27, Christophe wrote: > > > > > A conculture doesn't mandatorily reflects the views of its > > > author. Think of Irina, whose conculture is anything but Orthodox > > > Christian. > > > > It does hold comparable values of good and evil as I do myself, > > however, perhaps even expressed more explicitly. > > Tom Shippey makes the point in _JRRT: Author of the Century_ that even > Orcs have basically the same morality we do, though they follow it > even less well than we: they disapprove of abandoning one's > fellow-soldiers in battle conditions, e.g.
Well, Melkor could not _create_ (nor indeed Sauron nor Saruman). They could only ruin what was already in the world. It's not a surprise, therefore, that Orcs are in some ways similar to the other Children of Iluvatar. Padraic. -- Bethes gwaz vaz ha leal.