Emma, I could not comment on the games that your children played since I don't know what they were. I do think that the games that I've allowed my son to play teach similar morality lessons to the one that you feel Lord of the Rings taught. Your point may be that the lesson is missing in the game, but that might be in the eye of the beholder, just as someone could miss the morality of Lord of the Rings.

Where does it end? Do we put a stop to Rennaisance Fairs and all the violent swordplay that goes on there? Do we stop all this ridiculous sword dances because it glorifies a weapon?