London's Thames, once biologically dead, has been coming back to life

Re:London's Thames, once biologically dead, has been coming ... by InitialLastName on Friday November 12, 2021 @09:30AM (#29199569)

> Britain is not Mordor, but the shortage of trees and animals is real. Too much of it is an empty green lawn.

Ahem, I believe industrial Britain is meant to be Isengard.

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Re:London's Thames, once biologically dead, has been coming ... by fennecfoxen on Friday November 12, 2021 @09:38AM (#29199630)

What?! No. Isengard is somewhere in Central Europe. Britain is the Shire, and Bree. Industrial Britain is the Shire after Frodo gets back, the part the movie skipped (elevating the modern Iraq War veterans experience of “I am the one who changed and don’t belong anymore” over the WWII veterans experience of “even the place I love changed”.)

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Re:London's Thames, once biologically dead, has been coming ... by toyg on Friday November 12, 2021 @09:53AM (#29199799)

Isengard is France, with Orthanc being Paris - at the time of writing, the cultural centre of Europe, a shining metropolis full to the brink with earnest intellectuals, and still completely unable to resist turning into the Vichy Regime.

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