[Ferris]

See, the thing is now, I feel you have defunked your debate.

Fantasy, like any Genre, is fully capable of all those things you have listed. You just have not seemed to have found it yet. Theres no point in listing a few examples, simply because you have to want to read them, and yes, there are those books you have read which have perhaps marred your view on Fantasy.

I say, keep an open mind, and don't 'hate' something you have yet to (as near) fully learn about. If we all did that, we'd still be living in the open fields freezing our butts off in the cold.