J.R.R. Tolkien -- enemy of progress ?

[Bêthberry]

Let me now praise the virtues of Downers.

And draw deserved attention to one of the defining features of discussion on the Barrow Downs message board. No, wait. "message board" is misleading. This is a discussion board, where thoughtful analysis merges with imagination and wit.

To that end, lindil, I thank you for your wit,

Mr Brin missed the boat to eressea.

Bill Ferny, a rhetorical delight:

I really don't blame him for his obtuse sophistry, its obvious where his brain was ...

thorondil, indeed!

Save your pity; it was alliteration.

HerenIstarion, the irrepressible:

Mr. Brin also votes for the rights for goblins

Such writing makes reading a delight. Good sirs, I thank you.

Bethberry

PS. My own take on the hapless Mr Brin is that, like many a postmodern engagé, he fails to apply his scepticism to his own position. Thus do dogmatists bark.