[lbo-talk] USA 2003

[Shane Mage]

>one thing not mentioned in this discussion of THE LORD OF THE RINGS 
>is that the bad guys in Tolkein all seem to be dark or "swarthy," 
>while the good guys are light or "fair."

As I recall it, neither dwarves nor ents are described as
"light" or "fair."   And Saruman is scarcely swarthy.

Shane Mage

"Thunderbolt steers all 
things."                                                         

Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 64