1 posted on
01/03/2015 1:39:24 PM PST by
don-o
To: don-o
Second, though a conservative, Tolkien was not a very devout Tory, sometimes mocking Winston Churchill
That would not be surprising. There is that religious divide that was more pronounced in those days after all. Churchill would have been Tolkeins contemporary face of the Reformation.
2 posted on
01/03/2015 1:44:58 PM PST by
Olog-hai
To: don-o
Excellent article. And I agree with him about the movies.
Read the books.
3 posted on
01/03/2015 1:48:28 PM PST by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: don-o
... that he believed in subsidiarity that is the principle that power should reside at the most immediate level possible. I feel likewise as it is the sovereign anodyne to imperial power. You can talk and reason with your local city council or county commission, good luck with doing that with the President or even your local US Representative.
4 posted on
01/03/2015 1:51:56 PM PST by
SES1066
(Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
To: don-o
Second, though a conservative, Tolkien was not a very devout Tory, sometimes mocking Winston Churchill. In the 30s, Churchill was even more hated by the Tories than even by the Liberals.
17 posted on
01/03/2015 5:33:57 PM PST by
dfwgator
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