[JenB]

I don't know why it annoyed me, but it did. It had interesting points, but it annoyed me, too.

[HairOfTheDog]

You know... I went off and thought about it, and I have come to a realization.

I am, in fact, a Luddite, and feeling fairly unapologetic about it at the moment.

When current events get absolutely horrid, I joke about packing it all in and joining the militia guys that live in our woods (I hear they are short on women)... and there is a hint of truth in the dream. I am never happier or more at peace than when I am camping, or on a trail with my horse in the woods. I sometimes think I really could do it. If some Aragorn came along (probably in the shape of a Montana Militia member) and offered to take me away, I may go. I could leave "all of this" in a heartbeat! but if you look real close I may be stringing cable behind me on the way up there just in case - that would be the only thing I might miss!

[Penny1]

What annoys me about it is that whenever writers discuss this aspect to Tolkien's work, it seems like they're trying to make it sound like all LOTR is about is the evils of technology. Whereas in the book, it's only a small part of the larger story.

In other words, these journalists make way too big a deal out of the "environmental message," blowing it out of proportion to the work itself and dismissing the greater messages of the story.