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Originally Posted by me
I start to get the feeling we're all talking past each other.
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I should keep to my own words. I don't think we actually disagree. What you call the ultimate goal to understand Tolkien's works better I called searching for answers even if there might be none - and by this understanding Tolkien's works better.
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Originally Posted by Mansun
Ridiculing opinions, to my mind, is the wrong approach. A balanced arguement is probably the best method.
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If you felt like I ridiculed your opinion then I apologise -
honestly. That was not my intention at any rate.
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Agreeing or disagreeing is acceptable. But discarding???
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If you're able to prove an opinion wrong or incoherent, then discarding it is the only thing left to do. (Take an absurd example: "In my opinion elf women had beards." is a wrong opinion) In reality, sadly, one can usually achieve little more than rendering an opinion implausible, if at all.