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Starbreeze · 04-14-2002, 08:49 AM

Hmm. I don't know the whys and wherefores of this, but I think that if the people of Middle Earth saw what our Earth has become with all this technological advancement, they would not want to change what they've got. I mean, the wars and hatred in Middle Earth between the Light and the Dark are already terrible enough. as we have seen with the War of the Ring as an example, imagine what it would be like if they had nuclear missiles and weapons like that! The whole of Middle Earth would be wiped out within seconds of them being invented. (ok, so maybe slight exaggeration but you get my point). The elves were already beginning to leave Middle Earth, and the technological advancements, which would bring with them destruction, pollution and fueding between different parties of people, would only drive them away faster.
Personally I am glad that Middle Earth has not advanced beyond the point it has reached as for me it would spoil the sense of freedom I get when I read it, being able to escape from the materialism of this would into ME where that issue is considerably less.
Also, look at it this way, From what people have been saying they are looking only from around First Century AD to about this point in time, but consider all the advances mankind didn't achieve before then, in the BC years. Millenia went by with barely any advance, save the occasional evolutionary tactic resulting in a new species of fruitfly, being made, may be Middle Earth is still at this stage. If you think about it the past 2000 years for man kind have been a little rushed, inventions everywhere you turn, thousands of scientific breakthroughs, but before then we were hard pushed just to invent the wheel.

There, rambling over! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

04-14-2002, 08:49 AM	#15
Starbreeze Ghost of a Smile Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Mirkwood - Middle Earth Posts: 389	Hmm. I don't know the whys and wherefores of this, but I think that if the people of Middle Earth saw what our Earth has become with all this technological advancement, they would not want to change what they've got. I mean, the wars and hatred in Middle Earth between the Light and the Dark are already terrible enough. as we have seen with the War of the Ring as an example, imagine what it would be like if they had nuclear missiles and weapons like that! The whole of Middle Earth would be wiped out within seconds of them being invented. (ok, so maybe slight exaggeration but you get my point). The elves were already beginning to leave Middle Earth, and the technological advancements, which would bring with them destruction, pollution and fueding between different parties of people, would only drive them away faster. Personally I am glad that Middle Earth has not advanced beyond the point it has reached as for me it would spoil the sense of freedom I get when I read it, being able to escape from the materialism of this would into ME where that issue is considerably less. Also, look at it this way, From what people have been saying they are looking only from around First Century AD to about this point in time, but consider all the advances mankind didn't achieve before then, in the BC years. Millenia went by with barely any advance, save the occasional evolutionary tactic resulting in a new species of fruitfly, being made, may be Middle Earth is still at this stage. If you think about it the past 2000 years for man kind have been a little rushed, inventions everywhere you turn, thousands of scientific breakthroughs, but before then we were hard pushed just to invent the wheel. There, rambling over! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Do not tamper with the affairs of wizards, they are not all that subtle - Terry Pratchett To write is to make dreams, to make dreams is to awaken the fantasy of the mind, to awaken the mind is to be a master.