Archives, eh
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# Links for 2005-07-28
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# In this case, I think "They" are people who live in cities.
You know, it takes real skill in the art of the argument to write an op-ed piece on the detrimental consequences of capitalism that includes an ad hominem dig at "violent anti-capitalists" who hijacked; the "anti-globalisation movement".
Or, you know, maybe just being an intellectually dishonest water-carrier for the "if they’re fer it, I’m agin it" crowd.
All hail the Holy Farmers, for they are Better than Us.
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# A Lord of the Rings quiz
This interesting newish blog that I was pointed to by Catallaxy has a short quiz on The Lord of the Rings. I’m by no means a fanatic, I’ve only read Hobbit, LotR and Silmarillion, but he claims that you could theoretically answer most of the questions on a single reading of LotR – although that probably means most of teh first ten and maybe a few of the last six. I’ve read them more than a few times and I definitely missed some of these.
In particular Question 4, how many Ring-bearers were there. I get six (Sauron, Isildur, Gollum/Smeagol, Bilbo, Frodo and Samwise) but I am guessing from the choices that Ring-bearer doesn’t just mean someone who had the Ring for a time.
I wish there were answers with it so I could see if my interpretations are correct for the parts of the book the last six questions concern themselves with.
