Lo dicho: otro en defensa del orcan way of life.
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ECO-TERRORISM AT THE MOVIES. During a recent trip to the theater, I
watched as the property of a budding industrialist was savagely
destroyed by a group of radical environmentalists. These rabble-
rousers marched in, smashed the machines, and even broke a dam
(generally recognized as violating the law in war) in order to flood
factories. Why? Because the owner of the land had decided to convert
idyllic (but unproductive) forestland into a foundry and defense
contracting business.

That's right. I'm talking about the Ents, and their march on Saruman
in The Two Towers.

Now, if you're like most audience members, you probably cheered the
Ents as they razed Isengard, the walled area where the sorcerer
Saruman had for generations lived in his tower, Orthanc. Apparently
I'm in the minority, but this widespread support for the Ents
surprised me, because Saruman was a budding industrialist, a captain
of Middle Earth's economy who supplied work for thousands of orcs,
from the foundry workers to the cooks. After all, maggoty bread
doesn't make itself. The Ents, on the other hand -- now talk about
total tree-huggers.

While I'm sure Treebeard and his Entish friends thought they were
doing good, their perspective seems rather limited: sometimes
forestland should be cleared for industrial purposes. Isengard may
not have been "pretty" after Saruman put it to its more productive
use, but neither was nineteenth-century Manchester. On the other
hand, there is a certain beauty to efficiently operating industry.
Moreover, an admittedly nasty and dirty initial stage of
industrialization is often a prerequisite for raising standards of
living in the long run. Indeed, the Ents' forests might be better
protected a few hundred years' down the road had they not destroyed
Saruman's factories, for the technologically advanced society the
Ents helped to stunt would be better prepared to protect and conserve
environmental treasures. Rather than Saruman, the Ents really should
be worried about agrarian Gondor and Rohan, who inevitably are going
to bring slash-and-burn techniques to Fangorn Forest as their
populations increase without technological improvements to raise the
productivity of lands already cultivated.

In the end, it would seem that both Ents and moviegoers are a bit
short-sighted about Saruman and Isengard. One can only conclude that,
once again, the elves are behind it all.

posted by Garrett Moritz