This may be the bleakest comment I've ever recommended. But it's a good point.

That's right. People with guns.

All of which the 16 year old would have stood a fighting chance against.

Isn't that kind of what happened here? I certainly can't see a 13 year old releasing a grizzly bear in the middle of the night.

That's right. Here in the UK we're constantly watching out for school mass-strangulations.

Right, because the notion that he picked it up on the street or at school is much better.

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No guns for cops in the UK. No kids shooting their cousins in the UK. Your argument is flawed.

Note, that wasn't what I was doing originally, just when you started complaining. That's not trolling, that's catharsis.

Note, Alexander Stream had no qualms about my comments, so he evidently was content to have my comment noted beneath his. And while there's an overlap I could hardly be said to be seeking out LOTR fans. If my intention was to troll I'd have insulted A Song of Ice And Fire.

I don't know what textbook you're reading, since

Any rational, objective person would look at the comments and say 'Well, it's clearly a matter of opinion, but that Ewok person was resorting to insults and insisting that their opinion is the obvious right answer by calling in a fictitious third person to confirm their opinion. Clearly the Ewok person has their head…

It's amazing how this person has convinced themselves they're the level headed one.

Troll harder.

I'm amazed you could read my comment with your head so far up your arse.

...what? Aside from some exaggeration, my point still stands. There's not much more actual story in Lord of the Rings than The Hobbit, it's just insanely detailed, which makes it much more of a chore to read (but gave Peter Jackson plenty of material and opportunity for long shots of castles and scenery).

Read the Hobbit, loved it. Started Lord of the Rings, got three chapters in before I got suffocated by adjectives. I know people complained that The Hobbit doesn't have enough material for three movies, but if you took out the mire of description in Lord of the Rings it would barely fill a pamphlet.

'They won't clean up their own cereal from a worktop? I can't take it anymore.'

When will you realise you need a British point of view on your staff? Highly paid. Also, me.