tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post4582335174072577560..comments2024-03-28T16:31:54.494-04:00Comments on Borepatch: TemptationBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-29034894706389917232011-02-23T09:42:08.705-05:002011-02-23T09:42:08.705-05:00+1,000 and a ticket to the Undying Lands to Glenn ...+1,000 and a ticket to the Undying Lands to Glenn Haldane's recommendation. I've read <i>Author of the Century</i> twice and <i>Road to Middle-Earth</i> once. Reading Shippey on Tolkien is like reading John Keegan on military history: it's magisterial work.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-42005349020556277482011-02-23T04:21:40.136-05:002011-02-23T04:21:40.136-05:00For a deeper understanding and appreciation of LOT...For a deeper understanding and appreciation of LOTR and Tolkien's genius, read 'JRR Tolkien Author of the Century' by Tom Shippey, HarperCollins 2000, preferably preceded by the first two chapters of the same author's 'The Road to Middle Earth' George Allen and Unwin, 1982. <br /><br />You have to concentrate on these books, but the effort is well worth it.Glenn Haldanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-85091475362759557632011-02-23T03:20:54.191-05:002011-02-23T03:20:54.191-05:00But always remember, Frodo *failed*. He succumbed...But always remember, Frodo *failed*. He succumbed to the temptation and power of the Ring in the end. Maybe irrelevant, as I dk what a Threeper is, but it's an oft-overlooked yet critical part of LOTR.<br /><br />Sorry, I'm a LOTR geek. :)Atom Smasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01717946941636575857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-77839147191274824732011-02-22T23:18:18.909-05:002011-02-22T23:18:18.909-05:00Lovely post.Lovely post.phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-4782505916424715122011-02-22T23:12:19.080-05:002011-02-22T23:12:19.080-05:00I need to read Tolkien and the like so I can bring...I need to read Tolkien and the like so I can bring teh smart like this.<br /><br />But yes, it's worth noting that Mr. Vanderboegh, for all his saber-rattling, is still saying, "it's not time."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-78221240439122161542011-02-22T20:33:17.890-05:002011-02-22T20:33:17.890-05:00Great, Great Post.
Two of the four Greatest books ...Great, Great Post.<br />Two of the four Greatest books that I've ever read are The Lord of the Rings Trio and The Second is "The Law". The other two are religious and as such are personal to me alone.kdzuhttp://redhillkudzu.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-48111613451273430042011-02-22T17:00:06.953-05:002011-02-22T17:00:06.953-05:00The Lord of the Rings is my favorite book as well,...The Lord of the Rings is my favorite book as well, and has been since my first reading over 40 years ago. I agree with aczarnowski about Faramir's choice: in the book, he was not tempted, and there is no reason I can figure why Jackson would make that change.<br /><br />As for the choice of playing by the rules or the fight to the knife, choosing the latter too soon usually means losing the (western) vision one is ostensibly fighting for. Choosing to use the One Ring is a mistake; evil is the only outcome possible.<br /><br />The Harry Potter series, while not nearly as good as The Lord of the Rings, also illustrates how the choice between good and evil is an issue of black and white, and those that see grey are often engaging in self-deception. We all know what "behave yourself" means, and all the weaseling and lawyering doesn't change that. You cannot promote chastity by having sex, no matter how good you feel during the act. (Sorry for mixing so many metaphors.)Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015544320906146949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-88999853961076393702011-02-22T15:51:15.854-05:002011-02-22T15:51:15.854-05:00"To beat the swine we are up against, we are ..."To beat the swine we are up against, we are going to have to be worse than them. Attila the Hun would have laughed at, and then trampled, the Queensbury Rules. We're going to need ruthless killers, not dreamers and moral men. "<br /><br />How quickly forget what the Queensbury rules really were: Honorable conduct to you if you respect the rules. War to the knife if you don't. This has been the west's credo from day 1. I don't long for Attila, I long for us to wage war to knife against those who already wage it against us.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08216378792974323131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-73518768643277717022011-02-22T15:49:45.176-05:002011-02-22T15:49:45.176-05:00The king of the threepers, so to speak, was distan...The king of the threepers, so to speak, was distancing himself from this talk of playing Ghengis.<br /><br /><br />Every group has it's fringe elements. If you consider a particular fringe to be it's own group, then even that group will have a fringe element.<br /><br />Fringe's of fringe's ad nauseam.GuardDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08622236339096746029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-34301217359207304362011-02-22T15:22:48.979-05:002011-02-22T15:22:48.979-05:00What an evocative post, perhaps one of the best I&...What an evocative post, perhaps one of the best I've read on the subject. I agree its not time for the 3pers,but if we come to the "end of days" they may be the core of our forces. I still hope for our future as per your last quote from Gandalf.Seceshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-74201997191870052422011-02-22T13:14:29.301-05:002011-02-22T13:14:29.301-05:00My favorite novel as well. I consider Tolkien the ...My favorite novel as well. I consider Tolkien the most profound moral philosopher of the 20th Century.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-65635002180222406402011-02-22T12:10:17.395-05:002011-02-22T12:10:17.395-05:00Well said. Recently, I finally found myself utterl...Well said. Recently, I finally found myself utterly and completely repelled by the so call Threepercenters. <br />These guys want to play army and I am far too old for that nonsense. <br />We might be "winning" but alas, I fear it's too late. I have just about lost all optimism now. What we win might not be much.Kansas Scouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15744438882831933314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-34327976390934743312011-02-22T09:50:36.476-05:002011-02-22T09:50:36.476-05:00Nicely said. I'm pretty sure we can't vot...Nicely said. I'm pretty sure we can't vote our way out of this mess but doing anything else at this point in history would not be right.<br /><br />As for Jackson, one of his (few) great failings with the movies was the destruction of Faramir in The Two Towers. Faramir succumbing to the ring almost ruined that movie for me.aczarnowskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-77438128917552463692011-02-22T08:35:57.050-05:002011-02-22T08:35:57.050-05:00“I do not love the bright sword for it's sharp...“I do not love the bright sword for it's sharpness, nor the arrow for it's swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”<br />--JRR TolkienASM826https://www.blogger.com/profile/04017388670319590449noreply@blogger.com