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**lindil** · 04-02-2003, 02:48 PM

I apologize for the use of the word allegory, Son of Fire, but I am afraid there are no serious parallels to be found either [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img], other than the most basic forms of applicability such as: Hitler is bad, Sauron is bad. America and England were good Rohan and Gondor were good.

And none of these simplistic parallels play out any further if you try and follow the supposed relationships.

Welcome to the Downs Son of Fire - regardless of the WWII biz. I think you caught a few of us at our most prickly - there have been quite a few applicability/allegory tiffs lately it seems so you may have found the corn on the toes of the wights...

[ April 02, 2003: Message edited by: lindil ]

04-02-2003, 02:48 PM	#19
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	I apologize for the use of the word allegory, Son of Fire, but I am afraid there are no serious parallels to be found either [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img], other than the most basic forms of applicability such as: Hitler is bad, Sauron is bad. America and England were good Rohan and Gondor were good. And none of these simplistic parallels play out any further if you try and follow the supposed relationships. Welcome to the Downs Son of Fire - regardless of the WWII biz. I think you caught a few of us at our most prickly - there have been quite a few applicability/allegory tiffs lately it seems so you may have found the corn on the toes of the wights... [ April 02, 2003: Message edited by: lindil ] __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.