XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.books.cs-lewis   
   From: icelofangeln@mindspring.com   
      
   On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:18:00 -0400, Steve Hayes    
   wrote:   
      
      
   > Of course one could equally well (and with more justice) see the 300 as   
   > "insurgents" resisting foreign invaders, but I don't think you could   
   > blame   
   > that on Lewis or Tolkien either.   
   >   
      
   No, they were their country's organized military forces, resisting foreign   
   invaders. Compare to Petain's ill-fated army, not the Maquis.   
      
      
      
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