snowfleck <
crumble...@gmx.se> wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 03:05:29 -0000 (UTC), Louis Epstein
> <
l...@top.put.com> wrote:
>> Disturbing to hear that the UK's longstanding Tolkien Society
>> has decided to embrace modernistic mentalities anathema to the
>> traditionalist ethos the reverent reader should imbibe from the
>> Arda canon.
>
> It might be an odd point to make on usenet but why shouldn't the
> tolkien society move with the times?
Because doing so is intrinsically indefensible.
> The old guard won't live forever
Let the Thrones of the Valar endure!!
> so reaching out to an alternative fan base is a necessity.
I am a strong believer in the tale told once,"set out fair and square
without contradictions",and want the narrative to bring those who
need to be cured of their tendencies to be "an alternative fan base"
into the fold of the permanently-sole fan base.If reading TLotR
doesn't mold you toward monarchism you're not getting what you should
out of it.