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121 Heartfield the troll -- rank: 410

... From: Chris Kromm > James, > You appear to be willfully ignorant of over 30 years of radical > environmental activism and scholarship ... I can give you a reading list if if would be helpful. Is *The Lord of the Rings* one of your central texts?

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Author:	Grinker
Date:	Fri Apr 6 12:14:36 PDT 2001

122 Fw: [The Grip] Re: The Symbolic Snake of Judaism -- rank: 861

Did this guy miss anything? Don't miss the reference to the Franklin S&L/kiddie porn/CIA drug running scandal. You know the story line. Barney Frank and ex-President Bush engaging in ... Original Message ----- From: Dave Kuehne <dkuehne at erols.com> To: The Grip <kirk1 at jps.net> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 2:38 PM Subject: [The Grip] Re: The Symbolic Snake of Judaism > Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Tue Oct 24 16:36:27 PDT 2000

123 Tolkien on death penalty -- rank: 364

>From Chapter 2 of _The Fellowship of the Ring_, Part 1 of _The Lord of the Rings_ by J.R.R. Tolkien: ...

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Author:	J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
Date:	Mon Mar 22 09:32:28 PST 1999

124 Death Penalty -- rank: 543

... Rosser, Jr. wrote: > Last time I checked, Russia still had the death penalty. I think it > also still qualifies as "an advanced industrial country," sort of. Hmm, I dunno, then you'd have to include Thailand ... as advanced. How about "dependently industrialized countries"? > shows up in the much less widely read _Silmarillion_, published in 1977 > after Tolkien's death with editing by one of his sons, not the more popular > _Lord of the Rings_. Tolkien does a plain-out steal ...

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Author:	Dennis R Redmond
Date:	Thu Mar 4 15:51:02 PST 1999

125 Death Penalty -- rank: 598

Last time I checked, Russia still had the death penalty. I think it also still qualifies as "an advanced industrial country," sort of. I think Ukraine might have it also, similarly sort of qualifying, and maybe Belarus also, with the authoritarian Lukashenka in charge. Since this is my third post of the day I'll combine another issue on here, namely ...

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Author:	J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
Date:	Thu Mar 4 12:58:25 PST 1999

126 Milton -- rank: 348

I don't know, although I see plenty of copies of his books around. Not the fad it once was. But then, hey, how extensively read ... PM Subject: RE: Milton >>Tolkien's popularity with hippies in >> the late 60s. > >Well, I sure loved the Lord of the Rings, Barkley, but yours is the >first ...

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Author:	J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
Date:	Thu Mar 4 12:29:15 PST 1999

127 Milton -- rank: 280

>Tolkien's popularity with hippies in > the late 60s. Well, I sure loved the Lord of the Rings, Barkley, but yours is the first reference to Tolkien ...

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Author:	Carl Remick
Date:	Thu Mar 4 11:03:51 PST 1999

128 Buffy -- rank: 438

Carrol Cox wrote: > But, it runs afoul of a literary principle I worked out decades ago > while reading the *Lord of the Rings* and Milton's epics.. All conscious > beings are either ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon Feb 22 09:54:00 PST 1999

129 Buffy -- rank: 361

First, the Buffy fans on this list persuaded me to check it ... and it is indeed a delight. But, it runs afoul of a literary principle I worked out decades ago while reading the *Lord of the Rings* and Milton's epics.. All conscious beings are ...

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Author:	Carrol Cox
Date:	Sun Feb 21 16:46:35 PST 1999

130 Installment 3. Was: Re: Butler (Re: cop sh... -- rank: 808

... s up with this "oh but is it good for the left?" litmus test, anyway?" <Identity, cont.> 3. 'The self-same thing.' *Obs. rare.* 1616 BULLOKAR. *Identitie*, the selfe same thing. a1619 FOTHERBY *Atheom*. II.iii #2 (1622) 216 Lif is not the cause of its own liuing, but the very same identity with its liuing. 4. *Alg.* a. ...

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Author:	Carrol Cox
Date:	Fri Feb 19 14:14:21 PST 1999

131 Wagner/Tolkien -- rank: 404

... 12 Dec 1998, Rosser Jr, John Barkley wrote: > In light of Louis Proyect's message about Wagner's > _Der Ring des Niebelungen_, I would note the deep parallels > between that tale and the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, _The > Lord of the Rings_, I always considered Tolkien to be the ...

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Author:	Dennis R Redmond
Date:	Sat Dec 12 20:54:37 PST 1998

132 Wagner/Tolkien -- rank: 493

In light of Louis Proyect's message about Wagner's _Der Ring des Niebelungen_, I would note the deep parallels between that tale and the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, _The Lord of the Rings_, which I am noting once again as ...

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Author:	Rosser Jr, John Barkley
Date:	Sat Dec 12 10:00:20 PST 1998

133 GrrRl & Politically Purchasing Power -- rank: 558

Max wrote: >I'd say your post goes to the difference >between boycott as politics and boycott as >lifestyle. Boycotts are only meaningful >politically when they reflect some kind >of mobilized constituency. Boycotts in >terms of some global catalog of good and >bad business firms is more like a personal ... as it goes >but not to be confused with politics. The >personal is not political. Yes, a good point. One that ... Mike's orig. post I do wonder why you make the distinction between ethical and political. Aren't normative claims ...

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Author:	K
Date:	Mon Oct 19 14:14:21 PDT 1998