To: conservativemusician; KLT; EdZep
We can always do multiple versions...then we'll do the long version in concert...MUD
854 posted on
03/13/2003 4:37:16 AM PST by
Mudboy Slim
("Garde la Foi, mes amis! Jamais reculez á tyrannie un pouce!")
To: Mudboy Slim
Ah, there is nothing like the stretched out live version now, is there?
To: Cyber-Band
Cyber-Band
I'll be the first to admit that I'm a SilmarillionAddict and enjoy Tolkien's work here more than even "The Lord of the Rings", which I believe blows away "The Hobbit"!! So it'll be interesting to see how a Tolkien neophyte--BTW, how can someone claim "Ive been a fan of fantasy since before I was a teenager..." and heve never read Tolkien?--perceives this work of genius.
"It's interesting that this evil is spontaneousit merely "came into the heart of Melkor." We should also keep in mind that he is the "mightiest," the most greatly endowed with "power and knowledge." What do you think of how Tolkien puts a determinist spin on 'evil' when Ilúvatar proclaims, "And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite. For he that attempteth this shall prove but mine instrument in the devising of things more wonderful, which he himself hath not imagined." So we end up with the sense that nothing is truly evil, since even when Melkor is at his worst, he's merely the instrument of Ilúvatar. And Im pretty sure Tolkien doesnt even use the word evil in this section. Peculiarno?"
Interesting, but far from unique, IMHO. "Evil" is a direct decendant of FReeWill, and a conscious choice on the part of the evil-doer. The fact that Iluvatar proclaims that "...no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite. For he that attempteth this shall prove but mine instrument in the devising of things more wonderful..." is no different than the StarWars saga wherein Anakin Skywalker is created--divinely, apparently--by the need to bring "Balance to the Force", IMHO. For if there is no EVIL to be Vanquished, what need is there for Righteous Heroes?!
That said...let's bring this dichotomy back to the present day. How and why could such an inarguably EVIL Man such as Osama bil Clinton exist and rise to the highest echelons of World Power?! IMHO, it is so Clinton can be VANQUISHED by the Righteous!! Can there be any other reason for Der SchleekMeister's existence other than to see him DRAMATICALLY felled by the Goodness that is the essence of the Great American Experiment?!
I think not...MUD
BTW...RE-IMPEACH. CONVICT. DETHRONE.
DISBAR. DE-PENSION. DE-LEGITIMIZE.
INDICT. CONVICT. IMPRISON. DISCARD KEY.
346 posted on 12/30/2002 11:31 AM EST by Mudboy Slim
856 posted on
03/13/2003 4:42:48 AM PST by
Mudboy Slim
("Garde la Foi, mes amis! Jamais reculez á tyrannie un pouce!")
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