why do people dislike lord of the rings? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Arien · 04-18-2003, 02:28 AM

People just have likes and dislikes. Its simple. Just because people dont like Lord Of The Rings doesnt mean they have lack of imagination or are dumb and stupid. Some people I know are extreamly smart, and they will not read the book. Simply because they dislike the genre, they prefer to do something else with their time, it too long or they don't like the style. And so what...? You can't be predjudice against them, just because they don't like it. Who are we to say we can't understand why they don't like it? Im sure there is somethings you don't like and others do. E.g...Im a vegan because I do not like the taste of meat or its products. Yet people don't go on and say I have no taste and I am mad (well they probably do.....but we shouldn't arent we bright enough to see that its wrong).

And maybe I'm lucky but people in my school don't make fun of you for being smart or reading Tolkien or any other books. Thats just wrong, and people in my school have better things to do with their time.

And why are you uncool if you read Tolkien, in fact any book? (Im going to sound big headed now....sorry) I am popular....(sorry) and just because I read Tolkien I don't get made fun of.....In fact no-one cares.

04-18-2003, 02:28 AM	#11
Arien Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: London/Leeds UK Posts: 417	People just have likes and dislikes. Its simple. Just because people dont like Lord Of The Rings doesnt mean they have lack of imagination or are dumb and stupid. Some people I know are extreamly smart, and they will not read the book. Simply because they dislike the genre, they prefer to do something else with their time, it too long or they don't like the style. And so what...? You can't be predjudice against them, just because they don't like it. Who are we to say we can't understand why they don't like it? Im sure there is somethings you don't like and others do. E.g...Im a vegan because I do not like the taste of meat or its products. Yet people don't go on and say I have no taste and I am mad (well they probably do.....but we shouldn't arent we bright enough to see that its wrong). And maybe I'm lucky but people in my school don't make fun of you for being smart or reading Tolkien or any other books. Thats just wrong, and people in my school have better things to do with their time. And why are you uncool if you read Tolkien, in fact any book? (Im going to sound big headed now....sorry) I am popular....(sorry) and just because I read Tolkien I don't get made fun of.....In fact no-one cares. __________________ "...still, we lay under the emptiness and drifted slowly outward, and somewhere in the wilderness we found salvation scratched into the earth like a message."