Hello West. Welcome to the Downs. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
That's an interesting point that you make, and one that has occured to me before. But, on balance, I disagree.
New topics appear in this forum on a daily basis. And a surprisingly large number of them have something new to say, or take a slightly different angle on an aspect of Tolkien's works. A good example is
'The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy' , which Estelyn Telcontar started earlier today.
Yes, sometimes the same issues come up for discussion. But everyone has different opinions, and often a new opinion can shed new light on something that has previously been discussed many times over.
And people can always read through old topics and add their opinions to those. Again, they might bring out a new angle that has been missed before and provoke a whole new discussion.
In any event, I really don't think that everything that can ever be said about Tolkien's works will ever be said. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]