[OT] Stupid, stinking humans...

[William Ronald]

In Isaac Asimov's book, The Gods Themselves there is a very relevant quote:

"Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain."

The Two Towers is the title of a book. I do not think there is any logical reason to change the move title. I doubt that the survivors of the WTC attack would want such a change if they knew of the petition. The petition to my mind trivializes the events of September 11, 2001 by trying to tie the title of a good book to a tragedy.

I am just glad that J.R.R. Tolkien did not live to see this absurd news story. I think people are mature enough to realize that the Two Towers does not in any way shape or form tie into the September 11th attacks. Indeed, were he alive Tolkien would have condemned the attacks as barbarous and evil.

 

[Ranger REG]

All the people who signed that petition are probably bitter Star Wars fans from aintitcoolnews.com who want to see LotR crash and burn at any cost.

Well, at least I don't participate in that web site.

But just so you know, I am a fan of both fantasy and science fiction genres (even though I put Star Trek before Star Wars).

And at the risk of getting flamed ... as silly as those ignoramus to start such a silly petition, it is also silly to take their petition drive as a serious threat that you would initiate or engage in a silly petition drive to counter that first silly petition.



I have faith that Peter Jackson will stay true to JRR Tolkien's works (including the titles used for the movies), even though purists have criticized his first film adaptation.

 

[Chairman_Kaga]

Dear lord! How freakin' stupid can people be?

Morons...

and everyone wonders why I pray for the apocalypse...


the human race proves that it is too stupid to be allowed to live way too often.

And for anyone who thinks that 9/11 wasn't an attack on America I will calmly ask them once to know what they are talking about before they open their yaps.

 

[MeepoTheMighty]

If you look at the email address of the guy who wrote the petition, it's something like "slashdotrules@yahoo.com"

I'm pretty sure he just made this petition to get attention and fill the slashdot boards (and, indirectly, these boards) with people amazed at how stupid humanity is.