> all the bad guys in LOTR are basically dark and ugly An alternate view of why this is the case (rehashed from http://www.salon.com/2002/12/17/tolkien_brin/ h

> all the bad guys in LOTR are basically dark and ugly An alternate view of why this is the case (rehashed from http://www.salon.com/2002/12/17/tolkien_brin/ http://www.salon.com/2002/12/17/tolkien_brin/) is that LotR was a propagandist history written by the victors.