"War must be" -Faramir
 

I was reading "Following Gandalf" last night, and ran across this quote from Faramir, the younger son of the Lord Denethor. Faramir is mourning the loss of his older brother, Boromir, and lamenting the fate of the people of Gondor.

"War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; But I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend...."

Forwarded without comment for your review.


Dan

clearly another "girlie-man."

Frodo: "It's a pity that Bilbo didn't kill him[Golem] when he had the chance."
Gandalf: "Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death, many that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be so eager to deal out death and judgement. Even the very wise cannot see all ends."

"Shoot them. Shoot them both."

- Raiders of hte Lost Ark.

You guys gettin together for a rousing game of Dungeons & Dragons tonight?

:)

"That's no moon, it's a space station"

I havent played D&D for soooo long.. kinda miss it. I play Neverwinter Nights every so often though.. great gameplay and online community.. uses 3rd ed D&D ruleset.. i have a 20th lvl Weapons Master that deals out close to 200hps per attack.. he's a mean mofo, and hates Rush Limbaugh.

I suggest a new strategy, R2. Let the Wookie win!

Hey hey now, a lot of us who played D&D as kids grew up to be rather successful business types who can influence stock prices and government policy.



Then there were those of us that grew up to be psychotic serial killers.

Isn't that one in the same?

"You came in that thing? You're braver than i thought!"

(the sexier side of Star Wars)

You know, when I dropped that quote in here, I had half hoped for a slightly serious discussion about whether or not war must really be, or thoughts on Tolkein's glorification of war. I was expecting "Faramir's an idiot," or "Absolutely, war is a necessity." Never woulda figured we'd end up throwing completely random and unrelated Star Wars quotes out.

Hmm, just goes to show.


Dan

"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, contrary to what you have just seen, war is neither glamorous nor fun. There are no winners, only losers. There are no good wars, with the following exceptions: The American Revolution, World War II, and The Star Wars Trilogy."
-Bart Simpson.

Thanks Shawn, missed the tie-in. Thanks for bringing it all together for me. lol

I'm not sure you can say that Tolkein glorified war - or maybe say that without certainty.

Tolkein served in World War I, he wrote about things that disturbed him a great deal and many of his battle scenes and the aftermath were taken directly from what he witnessed in that war.

There was a book my wife was reading that showed his connections and history in regards to WWI and how it affected his writing. To be sure he was a fantasy writer but to be fair he did not glorify war. I think maybe Farmir's comment would be more accurately described as Tolkein's own.

There was a lot of discussion when the Lord of the Rings movies came out about how inappropriate they were in that the glorified war but I don't buy that. I agree with Tolkein, there's no glory in war there is only glory in that which we protect.

It will be a nice day when I don't have to wake up and worry about who is trying to take my freedom and liberty away. The fact remains that liberty and freedom will not defend themselves so...fight we must if it be by the pen or by the sword.

This has been a public service announcement from your friendly neighborhood Mikester.

Lets just cut to the chase shall we.....
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/quotes
:D