'And then shall many be offended...' Whoa, the penny suddenly dropped yesterday, THIS PARTICULAR SOLE INSTANCE verse could hardly/not be MORE relevant to our day and age, or what? As Aragorn/'Strider' I believe - put it (to King Theoden et al) in one of the Jacksonesque cinematic reinterpretations of JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, "What thinkest YOU?"

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