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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tarrasque Wrangler" data-source="post: 1294225" data-attributes="member: 7473">Just to bring this sucker back to topic:    From the article:  I can imagine their first feeling (if they're anything like me) is an intense need to hit the bathroom. Their next thought is, Holy Crap, Legolas killed that oliphant BY HIMSELF!   Because, yeah, not every "person of skin color" goes to movies and plays Spot the Minority.    Or maybe because she's a woman and people automatically assume it's the man they should be talking to. I think that's a lot worse than a racial stereotype.    Uhhhh, how does being a white guy dating back 400 years (I'd like to see his paperwork on that, please) grant him some unique perspective on the plight of the Native American? Weren't those guys the ones who screwed them over in the first place? I guess that's a perspective.  Oh, and if he thinks they look or act like Uruk-hai, maybe he should try MEETING one before he decides to champion them.      I'm sure once Peter Jackson's done counting his money and polishing up his acceptance speeches, he'll get around to reading this guy. I hear he's just kicking himself that he hasn't gotten around to reading every internet article that comes up on a Google search for "LotR AND Freemason conspiracy".    And the award for Run-On Sentences that Start Off with Fashionable Bashing of Western Cultures and Devolve into Gonzo anti-Catholic Rantings goes to...    I can see it now...elf and man locked in mortal combat with the Uruk-hai when, at first light on the fifth day, Aragorn casts his eyes look up to see...Tonto, Bruce Lee and Shaft appear!   Filmmakers: "Huzzah!  We've pleased everyone!"     ...And who can forget the time people of all races, creeds and colors came together as one, linked their hands, and sang:    I like big butts and I cannot lie...</blockquote>

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