Glorfindle
July 11th,2002, 02:23 AM
Hello all, my name is Glorfindle, and I am new here. I wanted to start off by wishing everyone a happy and healthy Holiday Weekend!
This Independance Day is extra special to me, as the memory of 911 is still too vividly real. I would like to share a post I made earlier on another site, a sort of tribute to the spirit of our nation.
From: Glorfindle (Original Message) Sent: 3/10/2002 9:46 PM
They say there is always a witness to history. Watching the CBS special about 9/11 and the destruction of the two World Ttrade Center towers, gave me pause to reflect on how Tolkien prepared me for this time.
Was the devestation or sacrifice in these modern times, much different from Midde-earth? How does the evil in the 'East' differ now from the strongholds in the west?
They say there is always a witness to history.
Tolkien endured the horror of trench warfare in WW1, considered by many to be one of the most terrifying of all battlefields. The mustard gas, the bodies rotting purposely to strike fear, the unknown results of industrialized carnage. To them, it was an evil they did not know, did not know how to face, had no previous experience to draw from.
Our dear hobbits fared the same. They knew not from battles or history, it was all foreign to them, they were the 'innocents' from whence came great courage and love.
The innocent civilians in the towers were like our hobbits, they had their breakfast, (most of them), they went on their way to work. What happened to them that day came from a place as black as Mordor, and in as much turmoil as Isengard.
I watch this CBS special and sob in the same mode I sobbed when I learned the wastes that Saruman (Ben-Laden) cast upon the Shire. The evil was just to do damage to those whose lives lived in the light of peace and freedom. For both Ben-Laden and Saruman hated those who relished their freedoms. I watched the video of the planes going into the towers yet again, and thought of Nazgul, and their wretched hate for all that lived free under the sun.
Just as the hobbits were roused to fight back, did the firefighters and police of NYC race to the defence of their homeland.
It is many months now since this horror. This CBS special makes my heart once again wrench at the sight of such cruelty. But if I squint my eyes, I can see on the back of the firemans jackets, the names, Pippin, Merry, Sam and Frodo.
For always, will people who love thier lands race to defence of it, and sacrifice all, to keep it secure. The Towers are gone, as is Bilbo's tree. But Sam grew a Mallorn there, bigger and better, and all came from miles around to admire it
We, too, will rebuild. For we are in persuit of our 'Dark Lord' and he cannot hide from the wisdom of Frodo, the loyalty of Sam, and the heart that is Pippin and Merry. We race to secure our homeland, and no Orc, or Balrog will stand in our way. The white tower will be rebuilt, the hearts that lay in that tower will continue. And always, there will be a witness to history.
Namárië,
Glor
This Independance Day is extra special to me, as the memory of 911 is still too vividly real. I would like to share a post I made earlier on another site, a sort of tribute to the spirit of our nation.
From: Glorfindle (Original Message) Sent: 3/10/2002 9:46 PM
They say there is always a witness to history. Watching the CBS special about 9/11 and the destruction of the two World Ttrade Center towers, gave me pause to reflect on how Tolkien prepared me for this time.
Was the devestation or sacrifice in these modern times, much different from Midde-earth? How does the evil in the 'East' differ now from the strongholds in the west?
They say there is always a witness to history.
Tolkien endured the horror of trench warfare in WW1, considered by many to be one of the most terrifying of all battlefields. The mustard gas, the bodies rotting purposely to strike fear, the unknown results of industrialized carnage. To them, it was an evil they did not know, did not know how to face, had no previous experience to draw from.
Our dear hobbits fared the same. They knew not from battles or history, it was all foreign to them, they were the 'innocents' from whence came great courage and love.
The innocent civilians in the towers were like our hobbits, they had their breakfast, (most of them), they went on their way to work. What happened to them that day came from a place as black as Mordor, and in as much turmoil as Isengard.
I watch this CBS special and sob in the same mode I sobbed when I learned the wastes that Saruman (Ben-Laden) cast upon the Shire. The evil was just to do damage to those whose lives lived in the light of peace and freedom. For both Ben-Laden and Saruman hated those who relished their freedoms. I watched the video of the planes going into the towers yet again, and thought of Nazgul, and their wretched hate for all that lived free under the sun.
Just as the hobbits were roused to fight back, did the firefighters and police of NYC race to the defence of their homeland.
It is many months now since this horror. This CBS special makes my heart once again wrench at the sight of such cruelty. But if I squint my eyes, I can see on the back of the firemans jackets, the names, Pippin, Merry, Sam and Frodo.
For always, will people who love thier lands race to defence of it, and sacrifice all, to keep it secure. The Towers are gone, as is Bilbo's tree. But Sam grew a Mallorn there, bigger and better, and all came from miles around to admire it
We, too, will rebuild. For we are in persuit of our 'Dark Lord' and he cannot hide from the wisdom of Frodo, the loyalty of Sam, and the heart that is Pippin and Merry. We race to secure our homeland, and no Orc, or Balrog will stand in our way. The white tower will be rebuilt, the hearts that lay in that tower will continue. And always, there will be a witness to history.
Namárië,
Glor