Seems Like Someone's Rooting for the Wrong Side

[davem]

And another thing....

Why would anyone side with the 'Bad Guys'? Because of the way they percieve the 'Good Guys'?

I found this essay:Lord of the Rings as a Defence of Western Civilisation:http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:r...ient=firefox-a Which states:

So to say that The Lord of the Rings is a defense of Western
civilization is not to say that it is a defense of our civiliza-
tion as it exists. Instead, it has much to tell us about the dis-
repair into which Western civilization has fallen. As Tolkien
would sometimes write, we face “Mordor in our midst.”

Since September 11, it is easier for most of us to believe
that. Lest we have any doubts, we can see the poisonous
fruit produced by the forces of Mordor in the rubble of the
World Trade Center.

Someone from outside the 'Western (Civilised) World' (or even some within it) who first encountered LotR via that essay might have a very different perspective on what the 'Good guys' in the book are up to. Once again, we have to ask how the reader who sides with the 'bad guys' actually percieves the 'good guys'? The 'West' (in particular America according to this writer) is Gondor, Rohan & the Shire & those in opposition to the 'West' is 'Mordor' - & LotR is a 'defence of the West' & its (Right Wing) values according to the writer of this piece.