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Pardon me while I laugh up a lung here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Chomsky: But we will address that later. Here we have Pippin and Merry stealing a bunch of fireworks and setting them off. This might be closer to the true heart of the Hobbits.
\nZinn: You mean the Hobbits’ natural inclination?
\nChomsky: I think the Hobbits are criminals, essentially.
\nZinn: It also seems incredibly irresponsible for Gandalf to have a firework that powerful just sitting in the back of his wagon.
\nChomsky: More of his smoke and mirrors, yes? Gandalf conjures the dragon Smaug to scare the people.
\nZinn: One can always delight the little people with explosions.<\/p>\n

I love it.<\/p>\n

(via Andrea<\/a>, natch)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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