Suite101 poll: Should Peter Jackson warn audiences

Sir Ian McKellen recently revealed in a radio interview that the four hobbit heroes in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" will be smoking their pipes throughout the movies in an effort to be faithful to the literary story.

When J.R.R. Tolkien wrote THE LORD OF THE RINGS, no one outside of the tobacco companies knew how dangerous tobacco products are, or that the companies were actively promoting addiction to their products throughout the world.

If you'd like to share your thoughts on whether Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" movies should contain a warning against the hazards of smoking, Suite101's Tolkien and Middle-earth topic is running a poll through November 9.

The results will be available throughout the polling period.

It's not about being politically correct. It's about caring whether one child is influenced to take up a deadly habit because of what several stars in three bound-to-be-popular movies do. Is art worth even one human life?


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