The Significance of the Pumpkin - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

mark12_30 · 01-05-2004, 11:51 AM

Sharon, I see your point, but I also agree with HC; and yet further, to me the pumkin held a third meaning. <P>What it brought to my mind was the phrase, often used by American soldiers when speaking to anti-war protestors, was, "I may not agree with what you are saying, but I will give my life to protect your right to say it."<P>To me, the pumpkin brought to mind both the solidarity of returning veterans, and the thought, "Although prize pumpkins may no longer astonish us, we went there and back again to protect that innocence-- that very delight over that simple pumpkin. And we did it."<P>Like you, Sharon, I would rather have had the Scouring of the Shire; but scouring withheld, I found the pumpkin poignant in and of itself.<P>Kirk and Picard... both worth keeping.

01-05-2004, 11:51 AM	#19
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	Sharon, I see your point, but I also agree with HC; and yet further, to me the pumkin held a third meaning. <P>What it brought to my mind was the phrase, often used by American soldiers when speaking to anti-war protestors, was, "I may not agree with what you are saying, but I will give my life to protect your right to say it."<P>To me, the pumpkin brought to mind both the solidarity of returning veterans, and the thought, "Although prize pumpkins may no longer astonish us, we went there and back again to protect that innocence-- that very delight over that simple pumpkin. And we did it."<P>Like you, Sharon, I would rather have had the Scouring of the Shire; but scouring withheld, I found the pumpkin poignant in and of itself.<P>Kirk and Picard... both worth keeping. __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.

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