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Originally Posted by Mithalwen
I don't hate her for being beautiful I hate the fact that it is the sole criterion.
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Maybe that's just shorthand for the beauty of her soul and for the deeds and hope that sprung from her hands.
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That Luthien is placed highest for her beauty where as those who were wise and resourceful and served their people as well as being beautiful are sidelined.
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Maybe Tolkien was just being a realist. Thinking about school alumni this weekend, the reason why our school reunions are so disorganized, ill-conceived and planned, and therefore mostly unattended is that, back in the day when hormones ruled our brains, we elected our male and female class officers due to looks/charisma and not necessarily because they would make for good leaders.
Has anyone else noticed this happening? Surely, come this November in 'Merica, most voters will vote for a candidate only after a careful examination of all candidates' positions, strengths, skills, deeds and psychological evalutaions.
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And dying for love is so irritatingly adolescent.
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Not sure what you mean, and when I first read this, I thought that you had written
irrationally adolescent, which I thought was an oxymoron, and note that that is only apparent when one is not either.