News from Mordor....

[loribee59]

MINAS TIRITH (Gondor News Network) - Thousands of peace activists took
to the streets of Minas Tirith and other cities of Middle Earth today to
protest what they termed a rush to war with Mordor.

"We need more time for diplomacy," said a key member of the Middle-Earth
Security Council, Saruman the White. "I am not convinced by the evidence
presented by my esteemed colleague, Gandalf the Grey, that the Dark Lord
Sauron presents an imminent danger to the peoples of the West."

Many of the people protesting war in Mordor agreed with Saruman's
remarks.

"Sauron says he's destroyed his Rings of Mass Destruction (RMD) and
that's good enough for me," said one fellow carrying a sign that said
"Elrond is a Balrog." Another demonstrator urged, "Give the RMD
inspectors more time. There's no reason to rush to any judgment just
because Mount Doom is belching lava, the Dark Tower is rebuilt, and
Osgiliath has been decimated."

A third protester piped up, "I haven't heard a single bit of convincing evidence
connecting the Nazgul with Sauron. I think they destroyed
Osgiliath on their own initiative without any support from
Sauron. Besides, it's understandable they're angry with Gondor. We haven't done nearly as much for the Orcs and Goblins and Easterlings as the Nazgul and Sauron have. It's understandable they throw
their support to them. It's our own fault really."

As the protesters continued their march through the city, they chanted,
"No blood for Mount Doom," voicing a common sentiment that the leaders of
the Western peoples are really seeking to get their hands on the powerful
Mount Doom, where the One Ring of Power was allegedly forged.

Gandalf the Grey was unavailable for comment. A spokesman said he was in
an undisclosed underground location, which sources have revealed is
codenamed "Moria."


~loribee59

 

[Mr Buddhist]

That's funny and I'm against the war.

 

[loribee59]

The point for this story is that Evil is real. No matter how much we hate war, it will come one way or another. Hitler was evil, and should have been stopped years earlier before he became so strong, but people dreaded war, and tried to convince themselves that he wasn't really that bad, that maybe the danger was being exaggerated, and after all, he hadn't attacked THEM yet.
Any reasonable, half-decent person hates war and prefers to work things out peaceably. The problem is that the truly evil are not reasonable, not at all decent, and don't care whether there is peace or war as long as they can keep their power. They truly enjoy inflicting pain, suffering, and terror. They delight in lying and and scorn the gullible, weak fools that believe their lies. We can't quite comprehend that, so we tend to not believe that people can be that way--unless we've run into someone like that (on a smaller scale) or are able to learn from history and/or literature

You may be against war, but are you against evil?

~loribee59

 

[Ajnin]

I thought the point of your story was that peace protestors were blind to the danger posed by Mordor, and that is a metaphor for today's peace protestors. Bunch of trash really, Saddam doesn't even have orcs, a ring of power, or Ring-Wraiths.

 

[Brimshack]

Almost funny, I tried to laugh, I really did. The problem here is of course twofold, S.H. is hardly Sauron. Indeed, he poses no current credible threat to the U.S., at least none that has been made public. So, the image of the humble forces of middle earth rallying to meat a great threat is far out of place. And of course, given the amount of active disinformation propogated by 2, make that at least 3 presidential administrations about Iraq, there is good reason to worry about whether or not we really do represent the forces of good here. Evil may be real, but that doesn't mean the moral compass here is obvious by any means.

 

[Kookaburra]

I've read this before, and my athiest Science teacher got a kick out of it, and pinned it up in the teacher staffroom. Haha.

I just get upset when everyone protests about the innocents being killed (Iraq claims it's 91 now, 13 people per day on average). Thing is, Sadaam kills or orders the death of around 20 every day. So who's the real evil-doer? And loribee59, I agree with your opinion.

I'm behind the troops every step of the way! In fact, if I was old enough, I'd prob'ly join the SAS myself!

 

[Brimshack]

Yes, S.H. is indeed a terrible person. Trouble is, there is no reason to believe that's what this is about, or that we intend to place anyone better in charge of that country. The fact is that this is just one of any ex-U.S. puppets, and we supported him for many years knowing that he was doing this anyway. I wish I could believe this was an attempt to improve the living conditions of the Iraqis; I do not.

As for the troops, I do hope they fair well. The war is a fact now, and the protesters will not stop it. If soldiers must die, I would prefer it was theirs and not ours. What angers me is the effort to turn the war on the home front and treat dissenters as enemies of the state. That is a genuine concern, given the rhetoric that many are now using.