J.R.R. Tolkien: a prescient statement on, among other things, video game violence

[jakesbrain]

"Fantasy can, of course, be carried to excess. It can be ill done. It can be put to evil uses. It may even delude the minds out of which it came. But of what human thing in this fallen world is that not true? Men have conceived not only of elves, but they have imagined gods, and worshipped them, even worshipped those most deformed by their authors

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[kawaiiranchan]

That quote kicks ass.

I knew Tolken was a great guy. :D