Balin, your statement seems to provide a precise definition of ignorance: unwillingness to believe in or take seriously an opinion that goes against your own, whether it is logical or not. I do not mean to be mean in this remark, I have just always thought it very important to keep an open mind.
As for the prior discussion, I have but one question:
Why would balrogs have wings if they could not fly?
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