Evil in Middle-Earth

[Earniel]

Originally Posted by Elemmire

Netherlands=Holland
Eregion=Hollin

That's it. I'm moving across the border.

Then again, maybe not.

Originally Posted by inked

And, what makes Tolkein appealing, according to critics who may or may not have read his work, is his "simplicity" which appeals to "puerile imaginations" and is not at all controversial and is inapplicable to the "real world" - such as we are finding in this thread! Just goes to prove the critics wrong in that regard (yours would be the fourth generation to do so if you are college age, Earniel)!

Hey now, hey now, I'm not a critic! Fourth generation or otherwise. And I certainly wouldn't be calling Tolkien's works simple! Still, I don't think evil in ME is equal to evil in our world. Neither do I see what euthanasia has to with Middle-earth.