Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Michael F. Stemper" Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: The Conservative Case For Sauron Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 08:18:19 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:18:20 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="907898f53815d3a3f7279423604e7487"; logging-data="4104286"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/nyHijkU/Ri6r6hUn+x+O569qMwBaPSx4=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.11.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:hU0oWIPCzWOVUMBo/gGo5M7mIPw= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 1870 On 12/08/2024 22.44, Kevrob wrote: > From the Federalist: > > [quote] > > As for the line of the Kings, they shall never return, and it is time for real conservatives, guided by Burkean realism, to accept it. > > That’s why, this election season, I am following my conservative principles and supporting a leader with a real vision for Gondor: the Lord of Barad-dûr, the Lord of Angband, Gorthaur, known to the electorate as Sauron the Great. > > [/quote] > > https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/12/the-conservative-case-for-sauron/ Thanks for posting that. But, "Gorthaur"? Is that name in _The Silmarillion_? I don't recall encountering it before. -- Michael F. Stemper What happens if you play John Cage's "4'33" at a slower tempo?