>I wish I could remember the exchange word for word, but
>anyway it's the scene were Aragorn is trying to convince
>the King of Rohan that he must fight. The King says that
>his people are tired of fighting and Aragorn responds that
>they are coming for you and you will have to fight them
>one way or the other.
This exchange (like any nonfascist rationale for aggression against Iraq) does not exist. It is Gandalf who persuades Theoden, with words that should inspire us as well: "Not all is dark. Take courage, Lord of the Mark; for better help you will not find. No counsel have I to give to those that despair. Yet counsel I could give, and words I could speak to you. Will you hear them? They are not for all ears. I bid you come out before your doors and look around [and see the millions demonstrating against aggression]. Too long have you sat in shadows and trusted to twisted tales and crooked promptings."
>And without the bodhisattva Elves, the mortals have little
>chance.
Equally false. The only "bodhisattva Elf" with any role in The Two Towers is the archer Legolas. The decisive power is that of the Ents, who, though long-lived indeed, are definitely mortal.
Shane Mage
"Thunderbolt steers all things."
Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 64