RE: On the Relevance of Lord of the Rings to the Society

[Dominica Harlan <DHarlan@RodgersBuilders.com>]

Poster: Dominica Harlan <DHarlan@RodgersBuilders.com>

Milady, I have a great respect for Tolkien, among many other fantasy and 
sci-fi writers, and many of the actors and filmworks discussed over the 
*vast* body of messages on the LOtR movie. However, like many people the 
only email account to which I have access is at work and I have only so 
many hours in a day in which to read it without getting fired.  Lots of 
traffic is great, and shared interests are wonderful among a group so large 
and diverse. However, this thread has gone overlong and many people have 
unnecessarily added to the numbers of messages w/ simple agreements or 
questions that could have been better handled in private. Also, yes, I 
prefer the traffic on this list to be more directly-linked to the SCA and 
not to a movie on a book of some importance to the Society. As I said 
before, those of you going wild over this topic could continue it in 
private w/o excluding any of the interested, but without involving the 
list. **PLEASE** either move this to a private realm or at least abbreviate 
the amount of traffic on this topic.

thank you,
Ceara

While I grant you that that thread may have grown a bit too enthusiastic 
for some of us, those who feel that Tolkien, specifically in the Lord of 
the Rings volumes, err greatly.

The Tolkienic corpus played a large part in the development of the Society 
in its earlier years and still has a major effect on its ethos.  Anyone who 
doubts that need only take a look at the ceremonies and fealty oaths of the 
more westerly kingdoms.

Alisoun
(Those who do not learn their history are destined to Moebian hell)

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