# Why JRR Tolkien Is One of those Idiots Cashing in on 9/11 for Money....

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 20, 2002, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jrr-tolkien-is-one-of-those-idiots-cashing-in-on-9-11-for-money/110000 "2002-05-20T21:27:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jrr-tolkien-is-one-of-those-idiots-cashing-in-on-9-11-for-money/110000/21 "2002-05-21T06:11:19Z")

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This was done in Cafe Society a few weeks ago. (Not that that’s a bad thing - it’s funny enough to deserve a second round.) I think the conclusion was that people really _aren’t_ that stupid. It’s a joke.

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**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jrr-tolkien-is-one-of-those-idiots-cashing-in-on-9-11-for-money/110000/22 "2002-05-21T11:51:31Z")

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> “Hey hol derry dol, kill Them all for Allah!  
> Then they’ll all burn in Hell for the pork they swallowed.  
> Oh ring ding a dell, ring ding a dillo!  
> I’ll hide in cave with my fluffy pillow!”

\*spits out coffee

What’s really sad is that the media will have a field day with the title when the movie comes out; lots of interviews with survivors and how they feel about the title, the now-reinforced relevance of LOTR to contemporary society etc. etc.

Worse yet, there will be plenty among the informational underclass who will STILL think the movie is about 9/11.

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**Author:** ![SpaceDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spacedog/32/9932_2.png) [@SpaceDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceDog)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jrr-tolkien-is-one-of-those-idiots-cashing-in-on-9-11-for-money/110000/23 "2002-05-21T12:34:58Z")

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It’s a troll.

Seems the guy owned up [here](http://www.kuro5hin.org/comments/2002/5/9/10155/29581/31#31) (although that in itself could be bull, who knows. )

Frankly if it wasn’t made up I’d have to despair at the state of the world even more than I normally do.

SD

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jrr-tolkien-is-one-of-those-idiots-cashing-in-on-9-11-for-money/110000/24 "2002-05-21T13:08:32Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by RTA \*  
> **What’s really sad is that the media will have a field day with the title when the movie comes out; lots of interviews with survivors and how they feel about the title, the now-reinforced relevance of LOTR to contemporary society etc. etc.**

No doubt some will call for the title to be changed, and others will say “Changing titles makes baby terrorists cry, and the Jesus will have won.” Or something like that.

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