Tolkien and the terrorists

[taerowyn]

And once again, PC sensibilities are taken a little too far.

Here's the actual petition. "Peter Jackson has decided to tastelessly name the sequel "The Two Towers". The title is clearly meant to refer to the attacks on the World Trade Center." Cause you know, it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that that's the title of the actual book written 47 years ago. It's definitely just Peter Jackson being tasteless. Uh-huh.

Comments

[schwa242.livejournal.com]

Jesus... I was actually thinking about this a couple months ago, wondering when the backlash against the Tolkein estate would begin.

a group calling itself Those Affected by September 11 is petitioning director Peter Jackson and studio New Line Cinema to change the name “to something less offensive.”

Awww... Those Affected by September 11. Too precious. Because, you know, if you were affected by it at all, then you'd join the group. Otherwise, you're a filthy terrorist-sympathizer.

And from the petition itself:

Update, 2002.0509: This petition has been suspended temporarily due to a lack of maintenance by the petition author. — PetitionOnline.com

Must have been a real important issue.

There's only 3583 signatures. Pfft... that ain't nothing when it comes to online petitions.

-- Schwa ---

[gremlingirl.livejournal.com]

Wow. That is easily the most retarded thing I have seen all day.

[eyelid.livejournal.com]

Man, that's GOT to be a joke.

Otherwise, instead of "3,598 total signatures" they should be saying "3,598 total idiots."