: Why can't you apply that same rapier wit to one of my
: questions elsewhere in this forum. I had a serious
: question, and no one responded. If you can't give a
: response better than this (I know you can, I've seen
: it), don't bother to post it.
: "...and their right hands were raised in menace
: against mankind." sieg zeon
Well, you want a better respnse than Olorins'? Here it is: you right in one thing: such conflicts are never black and white. But you must also remember that, as I said to Phil, LoTR was inspired by (mainly) scandinavian mythology where present the same concept good vs. evil (in our case the gods of Asgard vs. monsters of chaos (the wolf Fenrir, Jormungand e.t.c.)). LoTR was dsigned to be such story where good is the absolute good and evil is the ultimate evil (although Tolkien hated allegory LoTR IS allegory).
Knight o' Death.
P.S. Who said that Sauron is really evil, just because he wants conquer Middle-Earth, look at the black charred desert of Mordor and at the fertile lands of Gondor. He is evil only from the point of view of his enemies, from his point of view he's absolutely right (why he must be stuck in this volcanic wasteland while the kings of Gondor walk in beautiful gardens?).
P.S. Phil said that LoTR is not such a work of literature as believed (a claim I totally disagree with, Tolkien is one of the best writers ever lived)not that it is a bad version of the good versus evil concept.
