For me, the LOTR series was a mind opening and uplifting event, with relevance for these modern times. Consider the metaphor: The burning of Fangorn Forest is the death knoll from the industrial revolution and a call to action. Both the battle of The Ents and Samwise’s own green ethic are messages of hope. It’s the very ecological battle we see today over massive coal exports terminals and Stephen Harper’s Tar Sands Crude, developments that will eventually choke our beautiful planet. If you don’t find that a worthy metaphor, Dave, and don’t agree that these Noble Ideas are “worth fighting for,” then perhaps you think that corporations are people.