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posted by [identity profile] crustycurmudgeo.livejournal.com at 06:51pm on 28/09/2003
What a screwup that was! But I can remember Tolkien's books being banned for satanism back then too. It was a troubled time, with the teenagers getting blamed for all the country's troubles. So it's no wonder so many 'tuned in, turned on and dropped out.' Our wonderful government had decided to squander young lives for nothing more than money and to put an entire country on the rack for not wanting to be a slave to capitalism. Sort of like what's happening now. At least there's no jungles.
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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 06:15am on 29/09/2003
On the other hand, although the quote still reads as very outdated and short-sighted, it's not entirely wrong. It depends what the authors thought Tolkien was actually trying to accomplish. His myth-writing, after all, hasn't been incorporated into our own to any great extent. Few would argue that the LOTR trilogy is our own past.

It's funny how the LOTR series has had its reputation cleaned up in the meantime, especially the current contrast between Harry Potter = satanism and the correctly Christian nature of LOTR.
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