The Off Topic Topic

[katmai]

The French intellectual tradition is worthless.

We made you. 

It would explain why Sweden fails.

[Neil]

Meh, even if Frodo had failed and Sauron had won....what does he win anyway?  He cannot really win unless unless he goes after Aman, and if he does, he'd just get wrecked like the Numenoreans.

Sauron seemed to be content to rule Middle Earth.  He had never made any attempt to move against Valinor during his long reign before.

[Tonitrus]

He is an evil demigod in a fantasy world...he cannot ignore the schtick of trying to topple the biggest goodies around, and losing. 

That is, if the underdog-goodies-always-wins-in-the-end schtick hadn't gotten him first. 

[Neil]

He is an evil demigod in a fantasy world...he cannot ignore the schtick of trying to topple the biggest goodies around, and losing. 

But he did do exactly that.

[Razgovory]

Perhaps, but Sauron himself is unstoppable.

I always wondered exactly what he could do.  He sort of lacked a body.

[CountDeMoney]

Perhaps, but Sauron himself is unstoppable.

I always wondered exactly what he could do.  He sort of lacked a body.

So does the Holy Spirit.  The power of Christ compels you;  why not Sauron?

[Tonitrus]

Christ and the Holy Spirit are two different characters...that's like confusing Gandalf and Radagast. 

[CountDeMoney]

Christ and the Holy Spirit are two different characters...that's like confusing Gandalf and Radagast. 

Ugh, I try to serve up an obtuse Exorcist reference, and the fucking College of Cardinals calls me on a trinitarian/christological double fault.

[jimmy olsen]

You need 10k bombers to wipe out a medieval society? 

I think you'd just 10 B-52s.

The power of The Ring can't be undone by airpower.

Besides, the B-52 proved ineffective against the Vietnamese.  Why would it be any more effective against the forces of Sauron the Great?

His forces would be out in the open and Mordor tactics rely on mass groupings of infantry; quantity over quality.

Perhaps, but Sauron himself is unstoppable.

If he doesn't have armies to enforce his will, what can he do?

[Ideologue]

You need 10k bombers to wipe out a medieval society? 

I'm going for style here.

[Tonitrus]

The real question is: Why didn't they just have the eagles fly the One Ring to Mount Doom and chuck it in?

Besides, if the good guys get B-17s...at the very least, you'd have the Witch King driving a Panzer IV.

[Ideologue]

You need 10k bombers to wipe out a medieval society? 

I think you'd just 10 B-52s.

The power of The Ring can't be undone by airpower.

Besides, the B-52 proved ineffective against the Vietnamese.  Why would it be any more effective against the forces of Sauron the Great?

His forces would be out in the open and Mordor tactics rely on mass groupings of infantry; quantity over quality.

Saruman has never even heard of Khe Sanh.

[Tonitrus]

Christ and the Holy Spirit are two different characters...that's like confusing Gandalf and Radagast. 

Ugh, I try to serve up an obtuse Exorcist reference, and the fucking College of Cardinals calls me on a trinitarian/christological double fault.

I've never seen the original Exorcist, and Ed Anger, your regular reference-catcher, was not immediately available. 

[Zoupa]

Christ and the Holy Spirit are two different characters...that's like confusing Gandalf and Radagast. 

Ugh, I try to serve up an obtuse Exorcist reference, and the fucking College of Cardinals calls me on a trinitarian/christological double fault.

I caught it. 

Didn't you mean obscure instead of obtuse? 

[Eddie Teach]

Christ and the Holy Spirit are two different characters...that's like confusing Gandalf and Radagast. 

Nah, more like Gollum and Smeagol.