Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25954624-20150115004105/@comment-27723099-20150224112126

Ffets wrote: For me middle earth is just a phantasy land which has nothing to do with the real earth. What countries you want to associate with the different regions of middle earth depends of the time and the region you live. I don't know if this applies to all people of that country and that time, but it's always the enemy. You see, it's only a matter of where you stand (at the moment). I disagree. Mordor is not exactly equal to "the evil". Mordor is a powerful nation that brings war to the rest of the world to conquer it. The allies in WW2 didn't do that. It was only the germans who brought war (though the USSR would likely also have started a war later). Orcs say elves are cruel. That's also what nazis say about their enemies.
 * mordor = roman empire probaly thought old israel
 * mordor = the barbarians thought the roman empire
 * mordor = nazi germany thought most of europe
 * mordor = jews thought nazi germany
 * mordor = USA thought USSR in the 60 ties
 * mordor = USSR thought USA in the 60 ties
 * mordor = China thinks USA now
 * mordor = USA thinks China now

You have to keep in mind that LOTR is written biased too, saying that Mordor and orcs are always evil and the free people are always good (unless they are corrupted by the evil). I would like to see a story of Middle Earth from the view of an orc or "evil" man.