Posted: April 17, 2000 at 06:54:36: by Bacchus
: I was not censuring Bacchus, but warning against walking too far down a road. There is no need to discuss personal bias in any disagreement unless it is put forth first by the biased person.The use of the term "unbiased" was merely intended to indicate that a reader who does not possess an exhaustive knowledge of the history of ME would be inclined to conclude that there was some sort of tension. Gandalf did not feel compelled to ask Gimli and Boromir to get along for the good of the group. Why did he have to ask Legolas and Gimli? Why was Gimli singled out among the Fellowship for a blindfold in Lorien? Why was Fangorn so surprised that Legolas would invite a dwarf to accompany him to the Forest? Why were Thorin and Co imprisoned in Mirkwood but hailed as heroes in Esgaroth?
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